Free surface evolution from numerical wave tank simulations - Experiment W2N5D5 (Q6696488)

An ensemble of two-dimensional numerical wave tank (NWT) simulations of breaking and non-breaking wave packets. The NWT uses the Gerris software package, a two-phase Navier-Stokes solver that utilises the volume-of-fluid method and explicitly models viscosity and surface tension effects. It is configured in non-dimensional coordinates scaled by the length and time characteristics of a deep-water wave with wavelength 1 m. This dataset contains simulations from experiment W2N5D5 (wind forcing speed equal to 2 times the wave speed, chirped wave packet with 5 waves in the packet signal, deep water)and forms part of an ensemble of experiments available here. A full description of the NWT is provided in: Boettger, D. G., Keating, S. R., Banner, M. L., Morison, R. P., Barthelemy, X. (2023). An energeticsignature for breaking inception in surface gravity waves. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 959, A33. Boettger, D. G., Keating, S. R., Banner, M. L., Morison, R. P., Barthelemy, X. (2024). Energeticinception of breaking in surface gravity waves under wind forcing. Physical Review Fluids, 9 (5),054803.