Direct Phase-Resolved Simulation of Large-Scale Nonlinear Ocean Wave-Field

Abstract

The objective of this research is to develop a new powerful capability, which is called SNOW (simulation of nonlinear ocean wave-field), for predicting the evolution of large-scale nonlinear wavefields using direct phase-resolved simulations. Unlike the phased-averaged approaches, SNOW models the key physical mechanisms such as nonlinear wave-wave, wave-current, wave-wind and wave-bottom interactions and wave breaking dissipation in a direct physics-based context. SNOW is now capable of simulating the nonlinear evolution of phase-resolved ocean wavefield in a domain of 100km x 100 km for a evolution time of O(hour).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 27, 2010
Accession Number
ADA513669

Entities

People

  • Dick K P Yue
  • Yuming Liu

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computational Science
  • Computations
  • Electrical Solitons
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Engineering
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Frequency
  • High Performance Computing
  • Measurement
  • Ocean Waves
  • Physics
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Standing Waves
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Surface Waves
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography