Due to advances in technology and sophistication of many efficient algorithms, accurate numerical results can be achieved by using highly efficient computational software for research in wave action on coastal and harbor structures. These advances have benefitted the research in the physical phenomena of internal wave generation, propagation and breaking, which are some of the important topics in oceanography. In this study, the Flow-3D CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) software is used to simulate internal solitary wave motion in a density stratified fluid, in which the upper and lower layers are fresh and brine water, respectively. An internal solitary wave (ISW) is produced numerically by gravitational collapse mechanism in a numerical wave flume of 0.7 x 0.5 x 12.0 m (height x width x length ). The ISW in depression is then allow to propagate and across four different bottom obstacles (long uniform slope, trapezoidal section with short platform and isosceles triangle), in order to explore its waveform evolution and flow field distribution.
This study also describes the setting and operation of the Flow-3D software, its application to the internal wave experiment, as well as verification of the numerically simulated results using previous laboratory experimental data. In this study, the lifting speed for the sluice gate was vital for not only the amplitude of an ISW, but also the speed of wave propagation in the flume. The result showed that the faster the gate opening, the faster propagation speeds and larger amplitude for the ISW so generated. Conversely, a slower gate opening led to weak wave speed and small amplitude to an ISW. Upon analyzing the results, we have found that the relationship between the speed of the gate opening and the wave propagation speed are not linear. Moreover, preliminary analysis and discussion are given for the ISW propagation over an obstacle (uniform long slope, trapezoidal section with short platform, and isosceles triangle), particularly on waveform evolution, vortex motions and flow field variations. It is believed that we can gain a better and thorough understanding of the internal wave characteristics, compared to physical laboratory experiments, if the numerical tool is applied with very fine grids and detailed analysis on the numerical outputs.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0719112-162447 |
| Date | 19 July 2012 |
| Creators | Chen, Yu-Ren |
| Contributors | Hsieh chih min, Hsu R C, Lee Chung Pan |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0719112-162447 |
| Rights | user_define, Copyright information available at source archive |
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