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Numerical study of the hydrodynamic characteristics of reef coast under the combined effects of waves and currents
Copy editor: LIN Qiang
Received date: 2023-03-04
Revised date: 2023-04-27
Online published: 2023-05-09
Supported by
National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFC3100500)
National Natural Science Foundation of China(51979013)
"Practical Innovation and Entrepreneurial Ability Enhancement" Program of Postgraduates with Professional Degrees of Changsha University of Science and Technology(CLSJCX22066)
To investigate the flow characteristics around the reef coast under the combined effects of waves and currents, a two-dimensional numerical wave tank is developed based on the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations (RANS), the SST turbulence model is solved for the turbulence and the volume of fluid (VOF) method is used to track the free surface. Different shoreward currents and seaward currents are tested and they are compared with the wave only. The effects of current on the cross-reef wave height and mean water level as well as the mean flow field, turbulent kinetic energy, and Reynolds shear stress around the surf zone are investigated. Compared to the measurements without the current, both wave height and wave setup on the reef flat are reduced by the shoreward current but they are increased by the seaward current. Furthermore, the ranges of their variations increase with the increasing flowrate. Around the surf zone, the flows along water depth are shoreward directed in the presence of shoreward current, but they are shoreward/seaward directed above/under the wave trough in the presence of seaward current. Moreover, the magnitudes of both currents below the wave trough increase with the increasing flowrate. Finally, both the turbulence kinetic energy and the Reynolds shear stress associated the breaking waves decrease as the shoreward flowrate increases, but their values increase as the seaward flowrate increases.
Key words: ambient current; surf zone; Navier-Stokes equations; coral reef
PENG Erman , YAO Yu , LI Zhuangzhi , XU Conghao . Numerical study of the hydrodynamic characteristics of reef coast under the combined effects of waves and currents[J]. Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2024 , 43(3) : 187 -194 . DOI: 10.11978/2023028
图5 水流流量变化下珊瑚礁地形上波浪破碎带附近的平均流场($\bar{u}$)a. 无流q=0; b. 正向流q=0.01m·s-2; c. 正向流q=0.02m·s-2; d.反向流q=0.01m·s-2; e. 反向流 q=0.02m·s-2 Fig. 5 The distribution of cross-shore mean current ($\bar{u}$) around the reef surf zone with varying current flowrates. (a) Without current q=0; (b) shoreward current q=0.01m·s-2; (c) shoreward current q=0.02m·s-2; (d) seaward current q=0.01m·s-2; (e) seaward current q=0.02m·s-2 |
图6 水流流量变化下珊瑚礁地形上波浪破碎带附近的湍动能(k)a. 无流q=0; b. 正向流q=0.01m·s-2;c.正向流q=0.02m·s-2; d.反向流q=0.01m·s-2; e.反向流 q=0.02m·s-2 Fig. 6 The distribution of turbulence kinetic energy around the reef surf zone with varying current flowrates. (a) Without current q=0; (b) shoreward current q=0.01m·s-2; (c) shoreward current q=0.02m·s-2; (d) seaward current q=0.01m·s-2; (e) seaward current q=0.02m·s-2 |
图7 水流流量变化下珊瑚礁地形上波浪破碎带附近的雷诺剪切应力(${{\tau }_{xz}}$)a. 无流q=0; b. 正向流q=0.01m·s-2; c. 正向流q=0.02m·s-2; d. 反向流q=0.01m·s-2; e. 反向流 q=0.02m·s-2 Fig. 7 The distribution of Reynolds shear stress (${{\tau }_{xz}}$) around the reef surf zone with varying current flow rates. (a) Without current q=0; (b) shoreward current q=0.01m·s-2; (c) shoreward current q=0.02m·s-2; (d) seaward current q=0.01m·s-2; (e) seaward current q=0.02m·s-2 |
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