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Waveless subcritical flow past symmetric bottom topography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2012

R. J. HOLMES ,
G. C. HOCKING ,
L. K. FORBES  and
N. Y. BAILLARD
R. J. HOLMES
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia emails: rachel.holmes.22@gmail.com, G.Hocking@murdoch.edu.au
G. C. HOCKING
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia emails: rachel.holmes.22@gmail.com, G.Hocking@murdoch.edu.au
L. K. FORBES
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia email: Larry.Forbes@utas.edu.au
N. Y. BAILLARD
Affiliation:
Bureau of Meteorology, Perth, Western Australia email: N.Baillard@bom.gov.au
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Abstract

The subcritical flow of a stream over a bottom obstruction or depression is considered with particular interest in obtaining solutions with no downstream waves. In the linearised problem this can always be achieved by superposition of multiple obstructions, but it is not clear whether this is possible in a full nonlinear problem. Solutions computed here indicate that there is an effective nonlinear superposition principle at work as no special shape modifications were required to obtain wave-cancelling solutions. Waveless solutions corresponding to one or more trapped waves are computed at a range of different Froude numbers and are shown to provide a rather elaborate mosaic of solution curves in parameter space when both negative and positive obstruction heights are included.

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Stream flowFree-surface flowWater wavesPotential flow

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European Journal of Applied Mathematics , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 2013 , pp. 213 - 230
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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