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Fully nonlinear long-wave models in the presence of vorticity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2014

Angel Castro  and
David Lannes
Angel Castro
Affiliation:
Departamento de Matemáticas UAM, Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas CSIC, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
David Lannes*
Affiliation:
IMB, Institut Mathématique de Bordeaux et CNRS UMR 5251, 351 Cours de Libération, 33405 Talence CEDEX, France
*
†Email address for correspondence: David.Lannes@math.u-bordeaux1.fr
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Abstract

We study here Green–Naghdi type equations (also called fully nonlinear Boussinesq, or Serre equations) modelling the propagation of large-amplitude waves in shallow water without a smallness assumption on the amplitude of the waves. The novelty here is that we allow for a general vorticity, thereby allowing complex interactions between surface waves and currents. We show that the a priori ($2+1$)-dimensional dynamics of the vorticity can be reduced to a finite cascade of two-dimensional equations. With a mechanism reminiscent of turbulence theory, vorticity effects contribute to the averaged momentum equation through a Reynolds-like tensor that can be determined by a cascade of equations. Closure is obtained at the precision of the model at the second order of this cascade. We also show how to reconstruct the velocity field in the ($2+1$)-dimensional fluid domain from this set of two-dimensional equations and exhibit transfer mechanisms between the horizontal and vertical components of the vorticity, thus opening perspectives for the study of rip currents, for instance.

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Geophysical and Geological Flows: Shallow water flows Waves/Free-surface Flows: Shear waves Waves/Free-surface Flows: Surface gravity waves
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 759 , 25 November 2014 , pp. 642 - 675
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