TY - JOUR
T1 - Mass transport in three-dimensional water waves
AU - Iskandarani, Mohamed
AU - Liu, Philip L.F.
PY - 1991/10
Y1 - 1991/10
N2 - A spectral scheme is developed to study the mass transport in three-dimensional water waves where the steady flow is assumed to be periodic in two horizontal directions. The velocity-vorticity formulation is adopted for the numerical solution, and boundary conditions for the vorticity are derived to enforce the no-slip conditions. The numerical scheme is used to calculate the mass transport under two intersecting wave trains; the resulting flow is reminiscent of the Langmuir circulation patterns. The scheme is then applied to study the steady flow in a three-dimensional standing wave.
AB - A spectral scheme is developed to study the mass transport in three-dimensional water waves where the steady flow is assumed to be periodic in two horizontal directions. The velocity-vorticity formulation is adopted for the numerical solution, and boundary conditions for the vorticity are derived to enforce the no-slip conditions. The numerical scheme is used to calculate the mass transport under two intersecting wave trains; the resulting flow is reminiscent of the Langmuir circulation patterns. The scheme is then applied to study the steady flow in a three-dimensional standing wave.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0022112091003452
DO - 10.1017/S0022112091003452
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0026238366
SN - 0022-1120
VL - 231
SP - 417
EP - 437
JO - Journal of Fluid Mechanics
JF - Journal of Fluid Mechanics
ER -