Damping of quasi-two-dimensional internal wave attractors by rigid-wall friction

DOI10.1017/JFM.2018.107zbMATH Open1419.76111arXiv1707.08009OpenAlexW3099162314WikidataQ130195325 ScholiaQ130195325MaRDI QIDQ5227034FDOQ5227034

Authors: F. Beckebanze, Christophe Brouzet, I. N. Sibgatullin, Leo R. M. Maas 

Publication date: 5 August 2019

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The reflection of internal gravity waves at sloping boundaries leads to focusing or defocusing. In closed domains, focusing typically dominates and projects the wave energy onto 'wave attractors'. For small-amplitude internal waves, the projection of energy onto higher wave numbers by geometric focusing can be balanced by viscous dissipation at high wave numbers. Contrary to what was previously suggested, viscous dissipation in interior shear layers may not be sufficient to explain the experiments on wave attractors in the classical quasi-2D trapezoidal laboratory set-ups. Applying standard boundary layer theory, we provide an elaborate description of the viscous dissipation in the interior shear layer, as well as at the rigid boundaries. Our analysis shows that even if the thin lateral Stokes boundary layers consist of no more than 1% of the wall-to-wall distance, dissipation by lateral walls dominates at intermediate wave numbers. Our extended model for the spectrum of 3D wave attractors in equilibrium closes the gap between observations and theory by Hazewinkel et al. (2008).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.08009

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zbMATH Keywords

internal wavesboundary layer structuregeophysical and geological flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Internal waves for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B55)

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