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Interaction of surface waves with turbulence: direct numerical simulations of turbulent open-channel flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

Vadim Borue ,
Steven A. Orszag  and
Ilya Staroselsky
Vadim Borue
Affiliation:
Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
Steven A. Orszag
Affiliation:
Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
Ilya Staroselsky
Affiliation:
Cambridge Hydrodynamics, Inc., PO Box 1403, Princeton, NJ 08542, USA
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Abstract

We report direct numerical simulations of incompressible unsteady open-channel flow. Two mechanisms of turbulence production are considered: shear at the bottom and externally imposed stress at the free surface. We concentrate upon the effects of mutual interaction of small-amplitude gravity waves with in-depth turbulence and statistical properties of the near-free-surface region. Extensions of our approach can be used to study turbulent mixing in the upper ocean and wind–sea interaction, and to provide diagnostics of bulk turbulence.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 286 , 10 March 1995 , pp. 1 - 23
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© 1995 Cambridge University Press

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