Fundamental Research to Support Direct Phase-Resolved Simulation of Nonlinear Ocean Wavefield Evolution

Abstract

The long-term goal is to develop a new generation of wave prediction capability, which is called SNOW (simulation of nonlinear ocean wave-field), for the evolution of large-scale nonlinear ocean wavefields using direct phase-resolved simulations. Unlike the phase-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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2010
Accession Number
ADA542492

Entities

People

  • Dick K P Yue
  • Yuming Liu

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Value Problems
  • Computations
  • Electrical Solitons
  • Engineering
  • High Performance Computing
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Ocean Environments
  • Ocean Waves
  • Oceans
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Physics
  • Simulations
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography