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Mass transport in three-dimensional water waves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

Mohamed Iskandarani  and
Philip L.-F. Liu
Mohamed Iskandarani
Affiliation:
Joseph Defrees Hydraulics Laboratory, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. USA
Philip L.-F. Liu
Affiliation:
Joseph Defrees Hydraulics Laboratory, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. USA
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Abstract

A spectral scheme is developed to study the mass transport in three-dimensional water waves where the steady flow is assumed to be periodic in two horizontal directions. The velocity–vorticity formulation is adopted for the numerical solution, and boundary conditions for the vorticity are derived to enforce the no-slip conditions. The numerical scheme is used to calculate the mass transport under two intersecting wave trains; the resulting flow is reminiscent of the Langmuir circulation patterns. The scheme is then applied to study the steady flow in a three-dimensional standing wave.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 231 , October 1991 , pp. 417 - 437
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© 1991 Cambridge University Press

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