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Boundary layer flow and bed shear stress under a solitary wave

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2007

PHILIP L.-F. LIU ,
YONG SUNG PARK  and
EDWIN A. COWEN
PHILIP L.-F. LIU
Affiliation:
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
YONG SUNG PARK
Affiliation:
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
EDWIN A. COWEN
Affiliation:
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Abstract

Liu & Orfila (J. Fluid Mech. vol. 520, 2004, p. 83) derived analytical solutions for viscous boundary layer flows under transient long waves. Their analytical solutions were obtained with the assumption that the nonlinear inertia force was negligible in the momentum equations. In this paper, using Liu & Orfila's solution and the solutions for the nonlinear boundary layer equations, we examine the boundary layer flow characteristics under a solitary wave. It is found that while the horizontal component of the free-stream velocity outside the boundary layer always moves in the direction of wave propagation, the fluid particle velocity near the bottom inside the boundary layer reverses direction as the wave decelerates. Consequently, the bed shear stress also changes sign during the deceleration phase. Laboratory measurements, including the free-surface displacement, particle image velocimetry (PIV) resolved velocity fields of the viscous boundary layer, and the calculated bed shear stress were also collected to check the theoretical results. Excellent agreement is observed.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 574 , 10 March 2007 , pp. 449 - 463
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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