Theory and Applications of Ocean Surface Waves

A special issue of Fluids (ISSN 2311-5521). This special issue belongs to the section "Geophysical and Environmental Fluid Mechanics".

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Coastal Engineering Institute, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA
Interests: environmental fluid mechanics; ocean surface waves; coastal oceanography; coastal hazards; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); ocean modeling

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Dear Colleagues,

Ocean surface waves have significant impacts on physical, geomorphological, and biochemical processes in the lakes, estuaries, coasts, and oceans. They also contribute to coastal hazards during storms by enhancing coastal flooding and damaging shore protection structures. The scientific community continues to conduct productive research relevant to this topic. As Guest Editor for the Special Issue titled “Ocean Surface Waves” of the open access journal of Fluids, I would like to invite you to publish a paper in this Issue. Theoretical, field, experimental, and numerical work will fit the topic. Contributions on wave theories, wave modeling, wave data collection, probabilistic analysis of wave climate, wave attenuation by coastal vegetation, and wave– structure interactions are encouraged.

Dr. Gangfeng Ma
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Keywords

  • hydrodynamic wave modeling
  • wave–structure interactions
  • probabilistic analysis of wave climate
  • wave attenuation by coastal vegetation
  • experimental wave modeling
  • wave-current interactions

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A Hybrid Parallel Numerical Model for Wave-Induced Free-Surface Flow
by Georgios A. Leftheriotis, Iason A. Chalmoukis, Guillermo Oyarzun and Athanassios A. Dimas
Fluids 2021, 6(10), 350; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/fluids6100350 - 04 Oct 2021
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An advanced numerical model is presented for the simulation of wave-induced free-surface flow, utilizing an efficient hybrid parallel implementation. The model is based on the solution of the Navier–Stokes equations using large-eddy simulation of large-scale coastal free-surface flows. The three-dimensional immersed boundary method [...] Read more.
An advanced numerical model is presented for the simulation of wave-induced free-surface flow, utilizing an efficient hybrid parallel implementation. The model is based on the solution of the Navier–Stokes equations using large-eddy simulation of large-scale coastal free-surface flows. The three-dimensional immersed boundary method was used for the enforcement of the no-slip boundary condition on the bed surface. The water-air interface was tracked using the level-set method. The numerical model was effectively validated against laboratory measurements involving wave propagation over a flatbed with an elliptical shoal, whose presence induces combined wave refraction and diffraction phenomena. The parallel implementation of the model enabled the efficient simulation of depth-resolved, wave-induced, three-dimensional, free-surface flow; the model parallel efficiency and strong scaling are quantitatively demonstrated. Full article
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Nonlinear Wave Transformation in Coastal Zone: Free and Bound Waves
by Sergey Kuznetsov and Yana Saprykina
Fluids 2021, 6(10), 347; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/fluids6100347 - 01 Oct 2021
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The nonlinear transformation of waves in the coastal zone over the sloping bottom is considered on the base of field, laboratory, and numerical experiments by methods of spectral and wavelet analyses. The nonlinearity leads to substantial changes of wave shape during its propagation [...] Read more.
The nonlinear transformation of waves in the coastal zone over the sloping bottom is considered on the base of field, laboratory, and numerical experiments by methods of spectral and wavelet analyses. The nonlinearity leads to substantial changes of wave shape during its propagation to the shore. Since these changes occur rapidly, the wave movement is non-periodical in space, and the application of linear theory concepts of wavenumber or wavelength results in some paradoxical phenomena. When analyzing the spatial evolution of waves in the frequency domain, the effect of periodic energy exchange and changes in the phase shift between the first and second wave harmonics are observed. When considering the wavenumber domain, the free and bound waves of both the first and second harmonics with constant in space amplitudes appear, and all spatial fluctuations of the wave parameters are caused by interference of these four harmonics. Practically important consequences such as the wave energy spatial fluctuations and of anomalous dispersion of the second harmonic are shown and discussed. Full article
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Numerical Simulation of Propagation and Run-Up of Long Waves in U-Shaped Bays
by Sri R. Pudjaprasetya, Vania M. Risriani and Iryanto
Fluids 2021, 6(4), 146; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/fluids6040146 - 08 Apr 2021
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Wave propagation and run-up in U-shaped channel bays are studied here in the framework of the quasi-1D Saint-Venant equations. Our approach is numerical, using the momentum conserving staggered-grid (MCS) scheme, as a consistent approximation of the Saint-Venant equations. We carried out simulations regarding [...] Read more.
Wave propagation and run-up in U-shaped channel bays are studied here in the framework of the quasi-1D Saint-Venant equations. Our approach is numerical, using the momentum conserving staggered-grid (MCS) scheme, as a consistent approximation of the Saint-Venant equations. We carried out simulations regarding wave focusing and run-ups in U-shaped bays. We obtained good agreement with the existing analytical results on several aspects: the moving shoreline, wave shoaling, and run-up heights. Our findings also confirm that the run-up height is significantly higher in the parabolic bay than on a plane beach. This assessment shows the merit of the MCS scheme in describing wave focusing and run-up in U-shaped bays. Moreover, the MCS scheme is also efficient because it is based on the quasi-1D Saint-Venant equations. Full article
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