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Nonlinear resonance of free surface waves in a current over a sinusoidal bottom: a numerical study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

Paolo Sammarco ,
Chiang C. Mei  and
Karsten Trulsen
Paolo Sammarco
Affiliation:
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Chiang C. Mei
Affiliation:
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Karsten Trulsen
Affiliation:
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Abstract

We examine the free surface flow over a fixed bed covered by rigid sinusoidal dunes. The mean current velocity is near the critical value at which the linearized theory predicts unbounded response. By allowing transients we examine the instability of the steady and nonlinear solution of Mei (1969) and the possibility of chaos when the current has a small oscillatory component.

Type
Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 279 , 25 November 1994 , pp. 377 - 405
Copyright
© 1994 Cambridge University Press

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