Breaking of gravity waves in a neighborhood of their second critical propagation speed

Experimental data on gravity shallow-water waves generated by a vertical plate moving in a predetermined manner are given. The plate completely covers the cross section of the channel. It is found that with when the wave speed exceeds the first critical value known in hydraulics, the wave retains smoothness. Breaking of the waves begins at the second critical speed (which is about 1.3 times as high), whose value coincides with the limiting propagation speed of a solitary wave. Lavrent'ev Institute of Hydrodynamics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 52–58, March–April, 1998.     

Correlation between theoretical and experimental solitary waves

Experimental data on surface solitary waves generated by five methods are given. These data and literature information show that at amplitudes 0.2<a/h<0.6 (h is the initial depth of the liquid), experimental solitary waves are in good agreement with their theoretical analogs obtained using the complete model of liquid potential flow. Some discrepancy is observed in the range of small amplitudes. The reasons why free solitary waves of theoretically limiting amplitude have not been realized in experiments are discussed, and an example of a forced wave of nearly limiting amplitude is given. The previously established fact that during evolution from the state of rest, undular waves break when the propagation speed of their leading front reaches the limiting speed of propagation of a solitary wave is confirmed. Lavrent’ev Institute of Hydrodynamics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 44–52, May–June, 1999.     

Diffraction of internal waves by a circular cylinder near the pycnocline

Propagation of internal waves over a circular cylinder under the conditions of a continuous stratification characterized by the presence of a high-gradient density layer (the pycnocline) of finite thickness is studied. The dependences of the coefficent of wave propagation on the wavelength of the first-mode incident wave for various thicknesses of the pycnocline are obtained. In the diffraction of internal waves, substantial nonlinear effects are shown to occur, which result in the appearance of waves of double oscillation frequency compared to the frequency of the incident waves. The generation coefficient for these waves is found. Lavrent’ev Institute of Hydrodynamics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 79–85, March–April, 1999.     

Propagation of shock waves in a two-phase mixture with different pressures of the components

The process of propagation of shock waves in two-component mixtures is considered. The studies were performed within the framework of the two-velocity approximation of mechanics of heterogeneous media with account of different pressures of the components. The stability of propagation of all types of stationary shock waves (fully dispersed, frozen-dispersed, dispersed-frozen, and frozen shock waves of two-front configuration) to infinitesimal and finite perturbations is shown numerically, using the method of coarse particles. The problem of initiation of shock waves (the formation of different types of shock waves from stepwise initial data) is solved. Flows in the transonic range relative to the speed of sound in the first component are obtained. Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 55–63, January–February 1999.     

Soliton propagation in a wide channel with an uneven bottom

Nonlinear waves of small amplitude in wide horizontal channels are considered. The channel depth is assumed to be a function weakly dependent on the transverse coordinate. To describe the waves, the two-dimensional Boussinesq equations in the form obtained in this paper are used. Stationary solutions in the form of a soliton followed by a set of sinusoidal waves are found. The phase velocity of these waves in the channel direction is equal to the soliton velocity. Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 147–155, July–August, 2000. The work was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project No. 99-01-00277).     

Internal waves induced by potential vortices

A linearized equation of the internal waves developing in an ideal stratified gas under the action of potential vortices concentrated in a vertical cylinder is obtained. The Cauchy problem for the internal wave equation with right side depending on the vortex intensity is solved by the integral transform method. In the case of a vortex filament the exact solution is found. Approximate formulas are obtained on the basis of the steady-phase method when the vorticity is exponentially stratified along the vertical. Expressions for the phase velocity and amplitude of the radial wave traveling away from the cylindrical vortex are found. Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 118–123, January–February, 1998. The work was carried out with the support of the Russian Foundation for Fundamental Research (project No. 96-01-04599).     

Characteristics, conservation laws, and symmetries of the kinetic equations of motion of bubbes in a fluid

Generalized characteristics and Riemann invariants that are preserved along the characteristics are found for a kinetic model of motion of bubbles in a fluid. Conditions that ensure the hyperbolicity of a set of equations of a bubbly flow are obtained. It is shown that the set of equations of motion has an infinite number of conservation laws. An infinite series of generalized symmetries admitted by the equations is constructed. Solutions that are invariant under the generalized symmetries of solution and describe the propagation of running and simple waves in a bubbly fluid are found. Lavrent’ev Institute of Hydrodynamics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 40, No., 2. pp. 86–100, March–April, 1999.     

Effect of hall dispersion on the propagation of linear waves in isotropic-pressure magnetohydrodynamics

The effect of finite Hall dispersion on the propagation of linear waves is studied within the framework of isotropic magnetohydrodynamics. It is shown that the presence of finite dispersion does not lead to instability of the uniform plasma state. Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 3, pp. 205–206, May–June, 1998. The work was carried out with financial support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project No. 94-01-01383).     

Breaking of gravity waves in the motion of a vertical plate in a two-layer liquid

Results of experimental studies of surface and internal waves generated by translational motion of a vertical plate covering the entire cross section of the channel are discussed. It is found that the waves do not break at the critical propagation speeds predicted by the linear theory or the first approximation of shallow water theory. Breaking begins only at higher propagation speeds, at which the stabilizing effect of wave dispersion ceases. Quantitative information is given that can be used to test mathematical models and numerical methods. Lavrent'ev Institute of Hydrodynamics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 39, No. 5, pp. 11–18, September–October, 1998.     

Propagation of a thermal detonation wave in a water-corium system

The problem of the unsteady propagation of a thermal detonation wave in a high-temperature-melt-water system up to the steady-state regime is considered on the basis of the three-dimensional and three-temperature vapor explosion model. The basic laws of wave evolution are analyzed and the wave structure is studied. Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 115–125, July–August, 2000. The work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project No. 98-02-17766) and the International Science and Technology Center (project No. 408).     

Critical conditions for the group speed of propagation of internal gravity waves

Four experimentally observed unstable and resonant regimes of generation of internal waves by a moving or oscillating cylinder are considered. Two of them can be treated as a manifestation of the critical-layer effect, but for the group rather than for the phase speed of propagation of small perturbations, one regime can be regarded as a manifestation of the effect of compaction of the energy of two waves, and one more regime admits both of the indicated treatments. Lavrent'ev Institute of Hydrodynamics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 12–20, July–August, 2000.     

Experimental and numerical study of the stability of a pre-separated flow on an airfoil

The problem of the origin and evolution of two-dimensional waves of unstable disturbances in the boundary layer on an airfoil in the region of adverse pressure gradient in the preseparation flow region is solved numerically. The stability of the experimental velocity profiles, including the inflected profiles, is studied. As a result of the calculations, the boundaries of the instability region and the parameters of the maximally unstable disturbances (frequency, growth rate, wavelength, and propagation velocity) are determined for each velocity profile. The characteristics obtained in the present work are in good agreement with the real experimental parameters of instability waves. Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 126–132, January–February, 1999.     

Structure of a turbulent bore in a homogeneous liquid

A mathematical model for the propagation of nonlinear long waves is constructed with allowance for nonhydrostatic pressure distribution and the development of a surface boundary layer due to wave breaking. The problem of the structure of a bore in a homogeneous liquid is solved. In particular, the transition of a wave bore to a turbulent bore as its amplitude increases is described within a single model. Lavrent’ev Institute of Hydrodynamics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 56–68, March–April, 1999.     

Observation of standing waves of large amplitude in harmonic Faraday resonance

Stationary two-dimensional gravity waves on the free surface of a homogeneous fluid in a rectangular vessel in the presence of vertical oscillations excited in harmonic Faraday resonance with identical frequencies are investigated. For the second mode, the dependence of the amplitude on the excitation frequency is found and the wave profiles are obtained. The experimental results are compared with the theoretical model. Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 185–188, January–February, 2000. The work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project No. 99-01-01080) and CONACYT (Mexico, Catedra Patrimonial, S. Ya. Sekerzh-Zen’kovich, Ref. 489100-2, Exp. 950060).     

Hypersonic flow past a supersonic two-phase source

The interaction of a uniform hypersonic gas flow with a supersonic two-phase gas-particle source is considered. In the symmetry-axis neighborhood between the bow and termination shock waves, an approximate analytical solution for the carrier-phase parameters is found. On the basis of parametric numerical calculations, the behavior of the particle trajectories and the concentration distribution in the shock layers are studied for both continuum and free-molecule flow regimes around the particles. The appearance of regions with multiple intersections of the particle trajectories and the formation of "layer structures" in the particle concentration distributions (particle accumulation regions near the envelopes of the particle trajectories) are indicated. The dependence of the number of the high concentration layers on the governing parameters is studied. Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 3, pp. 134–147, May–June, 1998. The work received financial support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project No. 96-01-00313) and the National Foundation for Natural Sciences of China (joint RFBR-NFNS grant No.96-01-00017c).     

Uniform far field asymptotics of internal gravity waves from a source moving in a stratified fluid layer with smoothly varying bottom

The far field asymptotics of internal waves is constructed for the case when a point source of mass moves in a layer of arbitrarily stratified fluid with slowly varying bottom. The solutions obtained describe the far field both near the wave fronts of each individual mode and away from the wave fronts and are expansions in Airy or Fresnel waves with the argument determined from the solution of the corresponding eikonal equation. The amplitude of the wave field is determined from the energy conservation law along the ray tube. For model distributions of the bottom shape and the stratification describing the typical pattern of the ocean shelf eract analytic expressions are obtained for the rays, and the properties of the phase structure of the wave field are analyzed. Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 3, pp. 111–120, May–June, 1998. This work was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project No. 96-01-01120).     

Numerical simulation of wave flows caused by a shoreside landslide

A mathematical model is developed for formation and propagation of discontinuous waves caused by sliding of a shoreside landslide into water. The model is based on the equations of a two-layer “shallow liquid” with specially introduced “dry friction” in the low layer, which allows one to describe the joint motion of the landslide and water. An explicit difference scheme approximating these equations is constructed, and it is used to develop a numerical algorithm for simulating the motion of the free boundaries of both the landslide and water (in particular, the propagation of a water wave along a dry channel, incidence of the wave on the lakeside, and flow over obstacles). Lavrent’ev Institute of Hydrodynamics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 109–117, July–August, 1999.     

Experimental verification of methods for calculating partial dam-break waves

This paper presents results of an experimental study of waves generated by partial break of two model dams. The previously proposed calculation methods are extended and compared with the experimental data obtained. It is shown that the wave propagation speed in the tailwater is significantly influenced by the energy losses due to flow through the breach. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 49, No. 5, pp. 61–69, September–October, 2008     

Unsteady and nonequilibrium airflow near a stagnation line

The propagation of shock waves in a medium with a nonuniform distribution of the parameters is the subject of recently published research [1–3]. The present paper deals with the problem of the gas flow ahead of the forward point of a blunt body moving at supersonic speed in air with variable parameters. The chemical reaction processes behind the shock front are taken into account. As a result of numerical calculations by the method of characteristics with isolation of the forward shock the time-dependent position of the shock front and the distributions of the composition and gas dynamic parameters in the shock layer are found. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 170–172, November–December, 1986.     

“Anomalous” nonlinear wave phenomena in a supersonic boundary layer

Nonlinear evolution of high-amplitude periodic disturbances in a boundary layer on a flat plate for Mach numberM=2 is studied. An anomalous downstream evolution of the disturbances is found, quasi-two-dimensional disturbances being most unstable. The obtained phase velocities of the waves are 30–40% greater than the phase velocities of the Tollmien-Schlichting waves. The nonlinear evolution of vortex waves is accompanied by an increase in steady disturbances from the source of controlled vibrations. High-frequency disturbances decay, and a periodic wave train degenerates downstream into a quasiharmonic wave train. Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 40, No. 5, pp. 91–98, September–October, 1999.