Three-dimensional Large Eddy Simulation of air entrainment under plunging breaking waves

Coastal Dynamics 2013 1127 DETAILED NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW STRUCTURES UNDER BREAKING WAVES

The scope of this work is to present and discuss the results obtained from simulating three-dimensional plunging breaking waves by solving the Navier-Stokes equations, in air and water, coupled with a dynamic subgrid scale turbulence model (Large Eddy Simulation, LES). An original numerical tool is used for the complete description of the plunging breaking processes including overturning, splas...

High-Fidelity Simulations of Bubble, Droplet, and Spray Formation in Breaking Waves

Plunging wave breaking is of great importance to ship hydrodynamics, including strong turbulence with large amounts of air entrainment, bubbles, droplets, jets, and spray. Previous experimental fluid dynamics (EFD) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) studies on plunging wave breaking are mainly focused on the global structures of the wave breaking, such as wave elevation, jet, air cavity, an...

Steep. Short-Crested Waves and Related Phenomena

Steep, short-crested waves, as well as a large variety of three-dimensional propagating wave patterns have been created in laboratory, utilizing a plunging half-cone. Monochromatic waves, over a range of frequencies and amplitudes through breaking and including soliton wave groups near resonance, have been observed and studied in a small wave flume. This monochromatic wavemaker creates complex ...

Investigations of Three- Dimensional Turbulent Cavity Flow Using Large Eddy Simulation Approach

Numerical simulations of wave breakings around a wedge- shaped bow

Flows around a wedge-shaped bow are simulated with the aim of investigating the wave breaking mechanism and small scale features of ship bow waves. The wedge geometry used in the experimental study of Waniewski et al. (2002) is chosen with the flow conditions at Re = 1.64×10 5 and Fr = 2.93. The bow wave structure, wave breaking process and air entrainment are studied. The predicted overall bow...