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Observations of gravity–capillary lump interactions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2017

Naeem Masnadi Open the ORCID record for Naeem Masnadi [Opens in a new window]  and
James H. Duncan Open the ORCID record for James H. Duncan [Opens in a new window]
Naeem Masnadi*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
James H. Duncan
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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†Email address for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

In this experimental study, we investigate the interaction of gravity–capillary solitary waves generated by two surface pressure sources moving side by side at constant speed. The nonlinear response of a water surface to a single source moving at a speed just below the minimum phase speed of linear gravity–capillary waves in deep water ($c_{min}\approx 23~\text{cm}~\text{s}^{-1}$) consists of periodic generation of pairs of three-dimensional solitary waves (or lumps) in a V-shaped pattern downstream of the source. In the reference frame of the laboratory, these unsteady lumps propagate in a direction oblique to the motion of the source. In the present experiments, the strengths of the two sources are adjusted to produce nearly identical responses and the free-surface deformations are visualized using photography-based techniques. The first lumps generated by the two sources move in intersecting directions that make a half-angle of approximately $15^{\circ }$ and collide in the centreplane between the sources. A steep depression is formed during the collision, but this depression quickly decreases in amplitude while radiating small-amplitude radial waves. After the collision, a quasi-stable pattern is formed with several rows of localized depressions that are qualitatively similar to lumps but exhibit periodic amplitude oscillations, similar to a breather. The shape of the wave pattern and the period of oscillations depend strongly on the distance between the sources.

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Nonlinear Dynamical Systems: Bifurcation Waves/Free-surface Flows: Solitary waves Waves/Free-surface Flows: Waves/Free-surface Flows
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 814 , 10 March 2017 , R1
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LIF movies in the center-plane of the tubes (corresponding to figures 9 and 10). From the top: one air jet tube active (light sheet 4 cm from air-jet), 2 air-jets with 4 cm separation, 2 air-jets with 8 cm separation, and 2 air-jets with 12 cm separation.

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