Suspended sediment transport around a large-scale laboratory breaker bar

J van Der Zanden, D Hurther, I Cáceres… - Coastal …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper presents novel insights into suspended sediment concentrations and fluxes
under a large-scale laboratory plunging wave. Measurements of sediment concentrations …

Computational and experimental studies of wave–structure interaction: Wave attenuation by a floating breakwater

NN Peng, WK Lau, OWH Wai, KW Chow - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Interactions between surface gravity waves and a floating rigid body are complex, as waves
may reflect from, break on, and be transmitted behind the body. Studies of these phenomena …

A numerical wave tank with large eddy simulation for wave breaking

NN Peng, KW Chow - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract A three-dimensional (3D) numerical wave tank (NWT) is developed based on
OpenFOAM. The propagation and breaking of waves with a moderate wavelength that could …

Near-surface characteristics of velocity profile and momentum transport after wave-breaking in deep water

Q Xue, S Liang, Z Sun, Y Xu, Z Tian - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Wave-breaking plays an important role in the process of mixing in the upper ocean, which
can cause wave momentum and energy flux loss, enhance near-surface turbulence, and …

Invariants of turbulence Reynolds stress and of dissipation tensors in regular breaking waves

S Longo, M Clavero, L Chiapponi, MA Losada - Water, 2017 - mdpi.com
A series of measurements in a flume with a particle-tracking system in three dimensions
applied to breaking waves is used to analyse the structure of turbulence with a full set of …

Experimental study on characteristics of turbulence and sediment transport produced by wind-induced water waves

M Sanjou, Y Sugihara - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Many researchers and engineers have shown great interest in mass transfer processes
produced by wind-induced waves. Such waves contribute significantly to the transfer of …

Laboratory Tests on Wind-Wave Generation, Interaction and Breaking Processes

M Clavero, L Chiapponi, S Longo… - Advances on Testing and …, 2022 - Springer
At the atmosphere-ocean interface, the interaction between the atmospheric and ocean
boundary layers determines heat and momentum exchanges and can affect the global …

Near‐bed turbulent kinetic energy budget under a large‐scale plunging breaking wave over a fixed bar

J Van Der Zanden, DA van der A… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrodynamics under regular plunging breaking waves over a fixed breaker bar were
studied in a large‐scale wave flume. A previous paper reported on the outer flow …

[HTML][HTML] Wave-turbulence separation at a tidal energy site with empirical orthogonal function analysis

M Togneri, I Masters, I Fairley - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Acoustic Doppler current profilers (ADCPs) are the standard tool for measuring tidal
currents at tidal stream energy sites; they are used to estimate several parameters, including …

On the interaction between partially-reflected waves and an opposing wind

F Addona, L Chiapponi, M Clavero, MA Losada… - Coastal …, 2020 - Elsevier
Air-sea interaction is a relevant topic with still many open questions, also in consideration of
the numerous and complex scenarios that occur in nature. In this manuscript we report an …