Asymptotic multi-layer analysis of wind over unsteady monochromatic surface waves

DOI10.1007/S10665-013-9663-4zbMATH Open1367.76029arXiv1312.4080OpenAlexW1967130313MaRDI QIDQ2363774FDOQ2363774

Shahrdad G. Sajjadi, F. Drullion, J. C. R. Hunt

Publication date: 26 July 2017

Published in: Journal of Engineering Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Asymptotic multi-layer analyses and computation of solutions for turbulent flows over steady and unsteady monochromatic surface wave are reviewed, in the limits of low turbulent stresses and small wave amplitude. The structure of the flow is defined in terms of asymptotically-matched thin-layers, namely the surface layer and a critical layer, whether it is elevated or immersed, corresponding to its location above or within the surface layer. The results particularly demonstrate the physical importance of the singular flow features and physical implications of the elevated critical layer in the limit of the unsteadiness tending to zero. These agree with the variational mathematical solution of Miles (1957) for small but finite growth rate, but they are not consistent physically or mathematically with his analysis in the limit of growth rate tending to zero. As this and other studies conclude, in the limit of zero growth rate the effect of the elevated critical layer is eliminated by finite turbulent diffusivity, so that the perturbed flow and the drag force are determined by the asymmetric or sheltering flow in the surface shear layer and its matched interaction with the upper region. But for groups of waves, in which the individual waves grow and decay, there is a net contribution of the elevated critical layer to the wave growth. Critical layers, whether elevated or immersed, affect this asymmetric sheltering mechanism, but in quite a different way to their effect on growing waves. These asymptotic multi-layer methods lead to physical insight and suggest approximate methods for analyzing higher amplitude and more complex flows, such as flow over wave groups.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.4080

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zbMATH Keywords

turbulenceasymptotic solutionair-sea interactions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20) Asymptotic methods, singular perturbations applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M45)

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