Coupling Conditions for Water Waves at Forks
Abstract
We considered the propagation of nonlinear shallow water waves in a narrow channel presenting a fork. We aimed at computing the coupling conditions for a 1D effective model, using 2D simulations and an analysis based on the conservation laws. For small amplitudes, this analysis justifies the well-known Stoker interface conditions, so that the coupling does not depend on the angle of the fork. We also find this in the numerical solution. Large amplitude solutions in a symmetric fork also tend to follow Stoker's relations, due to the symmetry constraint. For non symmetric forks, 2D effects dominate so that it is necessary to understand the flow inside the fork. However, even then, conservation laws give some insight in the dynamics.
Domains
Fluid mechanics [physics.class-ph] Analysis of PDEs [math.AP] General Mathematics [math.GM] Classical Analysis and ODEs [math.CA] Numerical Analysis [math.NA] Computational Physics [physics.comp-ph] Fluid Dynamics [physics.flu-dyn] Classical Physics [physics.class-ph] Pattern Formation and Solitons [nlin.PS] Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems [nlin.SI]Origin | Files produced by the author(s) |
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