Asymptotic models for the generation of internal waves by a moving ship, and the dead-water phenomenon

DOI10.1088/0951-7715/24/8/008MaRDI QIDQ3173386zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Vincent Duchêne

Publication date 10 October 2011

Published in Nonlinearity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.5892

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) Asymptotic expansions of solutions to PDEs (35C20) Internal waves for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B55) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05)

Abstract: This paper deals with the dead-water phenomenon, which occurs when a ship sails in a stratified fluid, and experiences an important drag due to waves below the surface. More generally, we study the generation of internal waves by a disturbance moving at constant speed on top of two layers of fluids of different densities. Starting from the full Euler equations, we present several nonlinear asymptotic models, in the long wave regime. These models are rigorously justified by consistency or convergence results. A careful theoretical and numerical analysis is then provided, in order to predict the behavior of the flow and in which situations the dead-water effect appears.

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