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Water waves over a strongly undulating bottom.

V P Ruban1

  • 1Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, 2 Kosygin Street, 119334 Moscow, Russia. ruban@itp.ac.ru

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
|February 9, 2005
PubMed
Summary

This study analyzes fluid flow over uneven seabeds using conformal mappings. It models wave behavior and simulates solitary waves transitioning from deep to shallow waters.

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Area of Science:

  • Fluid dynamics
  • Applied mathematics
  • Geophysics

Background:

  • Investigating free-surface potential flows is crucial for understanding wave phenomena.
  • Strongly inhomogeneous bottoms significantly alter fluid flow dynamics.
  • Conformal mappings offer a powerful tool for analyzing complex geometries.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a theoretical framework for two-dimensional free-surface potential flows over arbitrary seabed shapes.
  • To derive weakly nonlinear and exact nonlinear equations of motion.
  • To apply the derived theory to analyze wave band structures and solitary wave evolution.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing conformal mappings to transform complex seabed geometries into simpler forms.
  • Employing the variational method to derive nonlinear equations of motion.
  • Numerical simulations to model solitary wave propagation and analyze wave band structures.

Main Results:

  • Derived analytical solutions for fluid flow over inhomogeneous bottoms.
  • Calculated the band structure of linear waves over periodic bottoms.
  • Simulated the evolution of strong solitary waves moving from deep to shallow regions.

Conclusions:

  • The developed theory accurately describes fluid dynamics over complex seabeds.
  • Conformal mapping and variational methods are effective for analyzing such problems.
  • The findings provide insights into wave behavior in varying water depths.

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