Calculation and measurement of conical beams of three-dimensional periodic internal waves excited by a vertically oscillating piston

The structure of the wave field given by an exact solution of the linearized problem of radiation of three-dimensional periodic internal waves in a continuously stratified viscous fluid is analyzed numerically. The waves are generated by a piston, i.e., a disk lying on a fixed horizontal plane and oscillating in the vertical direction. The flow fields and the wave displacements are compared with the data of shadow visualization and measurements of the wave amplitudes made using a contact sensor. The calculated and observed wave patterns are in satisfactory agreement and the displacement distributions coincide correct to a fitting coefficient 0.7 < K < 1.1 characterizing the role of the nonlinear effects and other factors neglected in this model.     

A cylindrical analog of trochoidal gerstner waves

This paper investigates isobaric motions for which the values of the pressure are conserved in fluid particles. In it, a new analytic exact particular solution of nonlinear multidimensional hydrodynamic equations is obtained; it describes a trochoidal wave in cylindrical geometry. It is also proved that trochoidal waves in cylindrical and plane geometry exhaust the class of nonlinear isobaric motions. Here and below by a wave in plane geometry we mean a wave in a uniform gravitational field which is characterized by the wave vector k. It is obvious that waves in both plane and cylindrical geometry are two-dimensional motions, since the fluid particles in motion are fixed in the plane and the motions in parallel planes are the same. The trochoidal wave in cylindrical geometry is of interest, since it describes a nonlinear wave on the surface of a cavity in a rotating fluid, a situation which is frequently encountered in applications.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 145–150, September–October, 1985.     

Generation of internal waves by a turbulent jet in a stratified fluid

The process of generation of internal waves by an initially cylindrical, turbulent jet with a Gaussian profile of the average horizontal velocity component in a fluid with stable linear density stratification is investigated by direct numerical simulation. It is shown that on time intervals Nt < 30, where N is the buoyancy frequency, the vertical velocity pulsations collapse, which is accompanied by the generation of internal waves whose spatial period is close to the wavelength of the spiral mode of jet instability in a homogeneous fluid. The wave dynamics and kinematics can be satisfactorily described by the linear theory for a pulsed source and their parameters are in good agreement with the parameters of the “coherent” internal waves generated by a stratified wake in a laboratory experiment. At large times the wave generation ceases and the variations of the fluid density are localized in the neighborhood of the centers of large-scale vortices formed in the horizontal plane in the neighborhood of the jet.     

基于势流理论的内孤立波与立管作用数值研究

内孤立波是一种发生在水面以下的在世界各个海域广泛存在的大幅波浪, 其剧烈的波面起伏所携带的巨大能量对以海洋立管为代表的海洋结构物产生严重威胁, 分析其传播演化过程的流场特征及立管在内孤立波作用下的动力响应规律对于海洋立管的设计具有重要意义. 本文基于分层流体的非线性势流理论, 采用高效率的多域边界单元法, 建立了内孤立波流场分析计算的数值模型, 可以实时获得内孤立波的流场特征. 根据获得的流场信息, 采用莫里森方程计算内孤立波对海洋立管作用的载荷分布. 将内孤立波流场非线性势流计算模型与动力学有限元模型结合来求解内孤立波作用下海洋立管的动力响应特征, 讨论了内孤立波参数、顶张力大小以及内部流体密度对立管动力响应的影响. 发现随着内孤立波波幅的增大, 海洋立管的流向位移和应力明显增大. 由于上层流体速度明显大于下层, 且在所研究问题中拖曳力远大于惯性力, 因此管道顺流向的最大位移发生在上层区域. 顶张力通过改变几何刚度阵的值进而对立管的响应产生明显影响. 对于弱约束立管, 内部流体的密度对管道的流向位移影响较小.      

Internal gravity waves in critical generation modes and in the vicinity of trajectories of motion of perturbation sources

The field of internal gravity waves in a layer of an arbitrary stratified fluid is studied for critical generation modes and in the vicinity of trajectories of motion of the perturbation sources. The exact solutions describing the structure of a separate mode of the wave field in the vicinity of the perturbation source in the critical generation modes are investigated, and expressions for the total field representing the sum of all wave modes are obtained. In the vicinity of the trajectories of the perturbation sources, asymptotic representations of the eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of the basic vertical spectral problem of internal waves are constructed in the approximation of large wave numbers and asymptotic expressions for a separate mode of the wave field are obtained that describe the spatial structure and features of the fields of internal gravity waves. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 49, No. 5, pp. 70–79, September–October, 2008.     

Experiments on the interaction of internal waves with the semi-submersible platform in a stratified fluid

对密度分层流体中内波与半潜平台的相互作用问题 进行了模型试验研究. 采用摇板方法进行了内波造波试验,对内波波长、周期和波高进行了 测量分析,获得了内波波高和波长与周期之间的相关关系. 利用激光和倾角仪方法对半潜平 台的纵荡和纵摇运动响应进行了测量分析,获得了平台纵荡运动及纵摇角幅值与内波周期之 间的相关关系. 结果表明,在半潜平台的设计与应用中,内波对其运动响应的影响是不可忽 视的. 特别地,发现了在内波周期的某个范围内, 半潜平台的纵荡和纵摇都会出现 倍频周期运动响应的现象.     

Long waves in two superposed layers of magnetic fluid

The equations and boundary conditions describing plane-parallel potential motions of two superposed layers of stably stratified magnetic fluid are formulated. The fluid is assumed to fill entirely a horizontal plane channel in the presence of a uniform longitudinal magnetic field induced by external sources. With reference to the case of long waves propagating over the interface between the upper and lower layers, it is shown that the action of the field may be interpreted as the result of an increase in the nondimensional surface tension by an amount proportional to the square of the undisturbed field. In the linear formulation the effect of the field on the evolution of a long-wave perturbation of the initially plane interface is investigated. Korteweg-de Vries equations with quadratic and cubic nonlinearities are derived and the action of the field on the internal solitary waves is analyzed.Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 3, pp. 126–133, May–June, 1993.     

INTERNAL SOLITARY WAVE LOADS EXPERIMENTS AND ITS THEORETICAL MODEL FOR A CYLINDRICAL STRUCTURE

在大型重力式密度分层水槽中, 对内孤立波与圆柱型结构的相互作用特性开展了系列实验. 基于两层流体中 内孤立波的KdV,eKdV和MCC理论, 建立了圆柱型结构内孤立波载荷的理论预报模型, 给出了该载荷理论预报模型中3类内孤立波理论的适用性条件.研究表明, 圆柱型结构内孤立波水平载荷包括水平Froude-Krylov力、附加质量力和拖曳力3个部分, 可以由Morison公式计算, 而内孤立波垂向载荷主要为垂向Froude-Krylov力, 可以由内孤立波诱导动压力计算.系列实验结果表明, 附加质量系数可以取为常数1.0, 拖曳力系数与内孤立波诱导速度场的雷诺数之间为指数函数关系, 而且基于理论预报模型的数值结果与系列实验结果吻合.     

Longitudinal waves at a micropolar fluid/solid interface

The possibility of plane wave propagation in a micropolar fluid of infinite extent has been explored. The reflection and transmission of longitudinal elastic wave at a plane interface between a homogeneous micropolar fluid half-space and a micropolar solid half-space has also been investigated. It is found that there can exist four plane waves propagating with distinct phase speeds in an infinite micropolar fluid. All the four waves are found to be dispersive and attenuated. The reflection and transmission coefficients are found to be the functions of the angle of incidence, the elastic properties of the half-spaces and the frequency of the incident wave. The expressions of energy ratios have also been obtained in explicit form. Frequency equation for the Stoneley wave at micropolar solid/fluid interface has also been derived in the form of sixth-order determinantal expression, which is found in full agreement with the corresponding result of inviscid liquid/elastic solid interface. Numerical computations have been performed for a specific model. The dispersion curves and attenuation of the existed waves in micropolar fluid have been computed and depicted graphically. The variations of various amplitudes and energy ratios are also shown against the angle of incidence. Results of some earlier workers have been deduced from the present formulation.     

Reciprocity and power-flow theorems for the scattering of plane elastic waves in a half space

In this paper we present six field-reciprocity relations, and an additional six power-reciprocity relations for the far-zone scattered field if time-harmonic plane elastic waves are incident upon an obstacle in a half space. The incident waves are successively selected as to be either a P-wave, a SV-wave or a Rayleigh surface wave, each propagating in a prescribed direction. In the derivations we employ an explicit integral representation for the far-zone scattered field amplitude. The latter is obtained by expanding the half-space Green's displacement tensor in the far-zone region. Then, starting with the general Betti-Rayleigh theorem, the reciprocity identities are systematically inferred by inspection. We also present energy-conservation relations due to a single incident P-, SV- or Rayleigh wave.     

Surface characters of internal waves generated by Rankine ovoid

A linear theory on the internal waves generated in the stratified fluid with a pycnocline is presented in this paper. The internal wave fields such as the velocity fields in the stratified fluid and velocity gradient fields at the free surface are also investigated by means of the theoretical and numerical method. From the numerical results, it is shown that the internal wave generated by horizontally moving Rankine ovoid is a sort of trapped wave which propagates in a wave guide, and its waveform is a kind of Mach front-type internal wave in the pycnocline. Influence of the internal wave on the flow fields at the free surface is represented by the velocity gradient fields resulted from the internal waves generated by motion of the Rankine ovoid. At the same time, it is also shown that under the hypothesis of inviscid fluid, the synchronism between the surface velocity gradient fields at the free surface and the internal wave fields in the fluid is retained. This theory opens a possibility to study further the modulated spectrum of the Bragg waves at the free surface.The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40576010). The English text was polished by Keren Wang.     

External shock loading on a submerged fluid-filled cylindrical shell

The interaction between a submerged fluid-filled elastic circular cylindrical shell and an external shock wave is considered. The study focuses on the internal acoustic field. A linear formulation of the problem is considered. A semi-analytical solution is obtained and used to simulate the interaction. A variety of phenomena are observed in the internal fluid, including the reflection and focusing of the internal acoustic wave as well as the radiation into the fluid of elastic waves propagating in the shell. Throughout the paper, the results of numerical simulations are compared with available experimental data, and a good agreement is observed. The solution developed appears to be suitable for use as a benchmark. Engineering relevance of the phenomena observed is discussed.     

Phase structure of three-dimensional internal waves in a channel

The results of a theoretical and experimental investigation of the phase structure of three-dimensional internal waves in a horizontal channel occupied by an exponentially stratified fluid are presented. The stationary internal waves excited by a source moving uniformly along the bottom of a channel with rigid covers are considered. A dispersion relation, on the basis of which the phase structure of the internal waves in the far zone is investigated, is obtained within the context of the linear theory. The dependence of the boundary of the region of wave disturbances on the internal Froude number F is found. The equation of the lines of constant phase is obtained in the first approximation for large F. By means of an IAB-451 shadowgraph instrument, using the dark field method with vertical illumination, the phase patterns of the internal waves are obtained. The angles of the wave disturbance zone are measured in the region of relatively large F. Similarity of the phase patterns for the first three-dimensional mode is obtained experimentally for large F.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 129–135, January–February, 1989.The authors wish to thank A. T. Onufriev for his interest in their work.     

Turbulent Dynamics of a Critically Reflecting Internal Gravity Wave

Results from computational fluid dynamics experiments of internal wave reflection from sloping boundaries are presented. In these experiments the incident wave lies in a plane normal to the slope. When the angle of wave energy propagation is close to the bottom slope the reflection causes wave breakdown into a quasi-periodic, turbulent boundary layer. Boundary layer energetics and vorticity dynamics are examined and indicate the importance of the three-dimensional turbulence. The boundary layer exhibits intermittent turbulence: approximately every 1.2 wave periods the boundary layer mixes energetically for a duration of about one-third of a wave period, and then it restratifies until the next mixing event. Throughout the wave cycle a strong thermal front is observed to move upslope at the phase speed of the incident waves. Simulations demonstrate that the net effects of turbulent mixing are not confined to the boundary layer, but are communicated to the interior stratified fluid by motions induced by buoyancy effects and by the wave field, resulting in progressive weakening of the background density gradient. Transition to turbulence is determined to occur at Reynolds numbers of approximately 1500, based upon the wavelength and maximum current velocity of the oncoming wave train. The boundary layer thickness depends on the Reynolds number for low Richardson numbers, with a characteristic depth of approximately one-half of the vertical wavelength of the oncoming wave. Received 21 May 1997 and accepted 14 October 1997     

Superposition of finite-amplitude waves propagating in a principal plane of a deformed Mooney–Rivlin material

Here we consider finite-amplitude wave motions in Mooney–Rivlin elastic materials which are first subjected to a static homogeneous deformation (prestrain). We assume that the time-dependent displacement superimposed on the prestrain is along a principal axis of the prestrain and depends on two spatial variables in the principal plane orthogonal to this axis. Thus all waves considered here are linearly polarized along this axis. After retrieving known results for a single homogeneous plane wave propagating in a principal plane, a superposition of an arbitrary number of sinusoidal homogeneous plane waves is shown to be a solution of the equations of motion. Also, inhomogeneous plane wave solutions with complex wave vector in a principal plane and complex frequency are obtained. Moreover, appropriate superpositions of such inhomogeneous waves are also shown to be solutions. In each case, expressions are obtained for the energy density and energy flux associated with the wave motion.     

Waves on the surface of a falling power-law fluid film

Waves that occur at the surface of a falling film of thin power-law fluid on a vertical plane are investigated. Using the method of integral relations an evolution equation is derived for two types of waves equation which are possible under long wave approximation. This equation reveals the presence of both kinematic and dynamic wave processes which may either act together or singularly dominate the wave field depending on the order of different parameters. It is shown that, at a small flow rate, kinematic waves dominate the flow field and the energy is acquired from the mean flow during the interaction of the waves, while, for high flow rate, inertial waves dominate and the energy comes from the kinematic waves. It is also found that this exchange of energy between kinematic and inertial waves strongly depends on the power-law index n. Linear stability analysis predicts the contribution of different terms in the wave mechanism. Further, it is found that the surface tension plays a double role: for a kinematic wave process, it exerts dissipative effects so that a finite amplitude case may be established, but for a dynamic wave process it yields dispersion. Further, it is shown that the non-Newtonian character n plays a vital role in controlling the role of the term that contains surface tension in the above processes.     

Two-dimensional problem for internal waves generated by moving singular sources

When bodies move in a liquid with inhomogeneous density in a gravitational field waves are excited even at low velocities and in the absence of boundaries. They are the so-called internal waves (buoyancy waves), which play an important part in geophysical processes in the ocean and the atmosphere [1–4]. A method based on the replacement of the bodies by systems of point sources is now commonly used to calculate the fields of internal waves generated by moving bodies. However, even so the problems of the generation of waves by a point source and dipole are usually solved approximately or numerically [5–11]. In the present paper, we obtain exact results on the spectral distribution of the emitted waves and the total radiation energy per unit time for some of the simplest sources in the two-dimensional case for an incompressible fluid with exponential density stratification. The wave resistance is obtained simply by dividing the energy loss per unit time by the velocity of the source. In the final section, some results for the three-dimensional case are briefly formulated for comparison.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 77–83, March–April, 1981.     

Wave propagation at interface of heat conducting micropolar solid and fluid media

The present investigation is concerned with the wave propagation at an interface of a micropolar generalized thermoelastic solid half space and a heat conducting micropolar fluid half space. Reflection and transmission phenomena of plane waves are investigated, which impinge obliquely at the plane interface between a micropolar generalized thermoelastic solid half space and a heat conducting micropolar fluid half space.The incident wave is assumed to be striking at the interface after propagating through the micropolar generalized thermoelastic solid. The amplitude ratios of various reflected and transmitted waves are obtained in a closed form. It is found that they are a function of the angle of incidence and frequency and are affected by the elastic properties of the media. Micropolarity and thermal relaxation effects are shown on the amplitude ratios for a specific model. The results of some earlier literatures are also deduced from the present investigation.