Free surface evolution from numerical wave tank simulations (Q6696493)

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. A total of 6 experiments are included in the dataset, for which the wind speed, water depth, wave packet size and grid refinement level are varied. 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.