A numerical study of the evolution of a solitary wave over a shelf

DOI10.1063/1.1366666zbMath1184.76331OpenAlexW2013703173MaRDI QIDQ3555510

Yinguo Cheng, Philip L.-F. Liu

Publication date: 22 April 2010

Published in: Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1366666

zbMATH Keywords

Navier-Stokes equationssolitonsturbulenceexternal flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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Uses Software

• KRAKEN

Cites Work

• Volume of fluid (VOF) method for the dynamics of free boundaries
• The stability of solitary waves
• A numerical study of breaking waves in the surf zone
• Some numerical solutions of a variable-coefficient Korteweg-de Vries equation (with applications to solitary wave development on a shelf)