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Experimental reconstruction of extreme sea waves by time reversal principle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 December 2019

Guillaume Ducrozet Open the ORCID record for Guillaume Ducrozet [Opens in a new window] ,
Félicien Bonnefoy ,
Nobuhito Mori ,
Mathias Fink  and
Amin Chabchoub
Guillaume Ducrozet*
Affiliation:
École Centrale de Nantes, LHEEA Res. Dept. (ECN and CNRS), 44321Nantes, France
Félicien Bonnefoy
Affiliation:
École Centrale de Nantes, LHEEA Res. Dept. (ECN and CNRS), 44321Nantes, France
Nobuhito Mori
Affiliation:
Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto611-0011, Japan
Mathias Fink
Affiliation:
Institut Langevin, ESPCI Paris, PSL University, CNRS, UMR CNRS No. 7587, 75005Paris, France
Amin Chabchoub
Affiliation:
Centre for Wind, Waves and Water, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW2006, Australia Marine Studies Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW2006, Australia
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†Email address for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

We report an experimental study of the reconstruction of real-ocean rogue waves in a laboratory environment using the time reversal (TR) methodology (Chabchoub & Fink, Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 112, 2014, 124101). Three different rogue wave measurements are used to validate the TR approach. The generation and accurate control of target free-surface profiles in a unidirectional wave flume using standard techniques, such as the New Wave theory (Tromans, Anaturk & Hagemeier, Proceedings of the First International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, 1991, pp. 64–71), are fairly challenging, especially for very steep and, thus, highly nonlinear extreme waves. The TR method, making use of the time reversibility of wave propagation and symmetry of the governing hydrodynamic equations of motion, leads to a simple two-step experimental procedure, the accuracy of which is investigated in this paper. The use of the TR procedure requires the appropriate Froude scaling in designing the model-scale experiments. The present study represents the first validation of the TR method to realistic irregular seas containing rogue waves. Three extreme wave profiles are tested to assess the applicability of the TR scheme to different wave configurations taking into account variable characteristics. This includes the famed New Year wave. The accuracy of the TR method is demonstrated with varying wave steepness values and propagation distances of the reverse reconstruction. It is demonstrated that the unidirectional TR reconstruction is robust, even in the presence of unavoidable wave breaking, known to be an irreversible process within the framework of any wave hydrodynamic evolution equation, and independently of complex environmental conditions or focusing mechanism at play in the sea.

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Waves/Free-surface Flows: Surface gravity waves Geophysical and Geological Flows: Ocean processes
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 884 , 10 February 2020 , A20
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© 2019 Cambridge University Press

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