Accession Number:
AD0689369
Title:
COMPUTER STUDIES OF FINITE-AMPLITUDE WATER WAVES.
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.,
Corporate Author:
STANFORD UNIV CALIF DEPT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
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Report Date:
1969-06-01
Pagination or Media Count:
109.0
Abstract:
Two numerical techniques are utilized to study the motion of two-dimensional, finite-amplitude water waves by using an electronic digital computer. The non-linear properties of water waves are of primary interest. The first part of the work introduces the Stanford-University-Modified MAC SUMMAC code which is proposed as a valid tool for analyzing incompressible, viscous flows with a free surface under transient conditions. The method is applied to the study of the solitary wave run-up on a vertical wall. The results are compared with the available experimental data and give a much better prediction of the wave run-up than the existing analytic theory. In the second part, Newtons process of successive corrections is applied to solve steady-state potential flows with free surface and gravity. A specific application to the analysis of solitary waves is made and all the wave characteristics are in excellent agreement with experiments. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Fluid Mechanics