PROPERTIES OF FREAK WAVES INDUCED BY TWO KINDS OF NONLINEAR MECHANISMS

Proceedings of the International Conference on Coastal Engineering

Jinhai Zheng¹  Botao Chen¹  Aifeng Tao²  Hui Li¹  Ji Peng¹ 

[1] Hohai University

关键词: freak waves;    nonlinear mechanism;    wave-wave interaction;    modulation instability;    wave group interaction;   

DOI  :  10.9753/icce.v33.waves.73

学科分类：建筑学

来源: Coastal Engineering Research Council

【 摘 要 】

We investigate the dynamic and kinematic characteristics of freak waves using a direct phase-resolved nonlinear numerical method. The focus is on the understanding of the effects of different nonlinear wave-wave interactions on freak waves development and characteristics in the evolution process of modulated Stokes wave trains. Long time simulations of modulated Stokes wave trains, with different parameters, are obtained. Based on these simulations, we find that there are different kinds of freak waves in different time scales due to two kinds of different nonlinear mechanisms. One is the modulation instability and another related to the wave group interaction. Both the dynamic and kinematic characteristics of the different kinds of freak waves are distinct. Occurrence of freak waves (especially of large height) is usually correlated with broadband wave spectra.

【 授权许可】

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