標題: Direct numerical simulation of wind-wave generation processes
作者: Lin, Mei-Ying
Moeng, Chin-Hoh
Tsai, Wu-Ting
Sullivan, Peter P.
Belcher, Stephen E.
土木工程學系
Department of Civil Engineering
公開日期: 10-十二月-2008
摘要: An air-water coupled model is developed to investigate wind-wave generation processes at low wind speed where the surface wind stress is about 0.089 dyn cm(-2) and the associated surface friction velocities of the air and the water are u(a)(*) similar to 8.6 cm s(-1) and u(w)* similar to 0.3 cm s(-1), respectively. The air-water coupled model satisfies continuity of velocity and stress at the interface simultaneously, and hence can capture the interaction between air and water motions. Our simulations show that the wavelength of the fastest growing waves agrees with laboratory measurements (lambda similar to 8-12 cm) and the wave growth consists of linear and exponential growth stages as suggested by theoretical and experimental studies. Constrained by the linearization of the interfacial boundary conditions, we perform simulations only for a short time period, about 70 s; the maximum wave slope of our simulated waves is ak similar to 0.01 and the associated wave age is c/u(a)*similar to 5, which is a slow-moving wave. The effects of waves on turbulence statistics above and below the interface are examined. Sensitivity tests are carried out to investigate the effects of turbulence in the water, surface tension, and the numerical depth of the air domain. The growth rates of the simulated waves are compared to a previous theory for linear growth and to experimental data and previous simulations that used a prescribed wavy surface for exponential growth. In the exponential growth stage, some of the simulated wave growth rates are comparable to previous studies, but some are about 2-3 times larger than previous studies. In the linear growth stage, the simulated wave growth rates for these four simulation runs are about 1-2 times larger than previously predicted. In qualitative agreement with previous theories for slow-moving waves, the mechanisms for the energy transfer from wind to waves in our simulations are mainly from turbulence-induced pressure fluctuations in the linear growth stage and due to the in-phase relationship between wave slope and wave-induced pressure fluctuations in the exponential growth stage.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022112008004060
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/8032
ISSN: 0022-1120
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008004060
期刊: JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
Volume: 616
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起始頁: 1
結束頁: 30
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