ORCID
- Borthwick, Alistair: 0000-0001-6053-7764
Abstract
AbstractRecent studies of water waves propagating over sloping seabeds have shown that sudden transitions from deeper to shallower depths can produce significant increases in the skewness and kurtosis of the free surface elevation and hence in the probability of rogue wave occurrence. Gramstad et al. (Phys. Fluids 25 (12): 122103, 2013) have shown that the key physics underlying these increases can be captured by a weakly dispersive and weakly nonlinear Boussinesq-type model. In the present paper, a numerical model based on an alternative Boussinesq-type formulation is used to repeat these earlier simulations. Although qualitative agreement is achieved, the present model is found to be unable to reproduce accurately the findings of the earlier study. Model parameter tests are then used to demonstrate that the present Boussinesq-type formulation is not well-suited to modelling the propagation of waves over sudden depth transitions. The present study nonetheless provides useful insight into the complexity encountered when modelling this type of problem and outlines a number of promising avenues for further research.
DOI
10.1007/s40722-021-00192-0
Publication Date
2021-04-21
Publication Title
Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy
Volume
7
Issue
2
ISSN
2198-6444
Embargo Period
2021-08-25
Organisational Unit
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
First Page
145
Last Page
155
Recommended Citation
Bonar, P. A., Fitzgerald, C., Lin, Z., van, d., Adcock, T., & Borthwick, A. (2021) 'Anomalous wave statistics following sudden depth transitions: application of an alternative Boussinesq-type formulation', Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy, 7(2), pp. 145-155. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40722-021-00192-0
