A numerical model for run‐up of breaking waves

investigating the feasibility of a proposed model for geometric design of deployable arch structures

deployable scissor type structures are composed of the so-called scissor-like elements (sles), which are connected to each other at an intermediate point through a pivotal connection and allow them to be folded into a compact bundle for storage or transport. several sles are connected to each other in order to form units with regular polygonal plan views. the sides and radii of the polygons are...

numerical simulations of spilling breaking waves

A Procedural Model for Interactive Animation of Breaking Ocean Waves

This paper presents a procedural model for breaking ocean waves that is intended to be used for interactive visualization. The movement as well as the appearance of the waves is modelled by a set of functions in dependence of time and space. This continuous surface description allowes it to calculate all properties of every point (including foam) on the ocean surface at every time without any i...

Boussinesq Modelling of Solitary Wave Propagation, Breaking, Runup and Overtopping

A one-dimensional hybrid numerical model is presented of a shallow-water flume with an incorporated piston paddle. The hybrid model is based on the improved Boussinesq equations by Madsen and Sørensen (1992) and the nonlinear shallow water equations. It is suitable for breaking and non-breaking waves and requires only two adjustable parameters: a friction coefficient and a wave breaking paramet...

Numerical investigation of turbulence generation in non-breaking potential waves

[1] Theoretically, potential waves cannot generate the vortex motion, but scale considerations indicate that if the steepness of waves is not too small, Reynolds number can exceed critical values. This means that in presence of initial non-potential disturbances the orbital velocities can generate the vortex motion and turbulence. In the paper, this problem was investigated numerically on basis...