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Air entrainment and bubble movement processes in breaking waves
Received date: 2018-01-24
Online published: 2018-12-24
Supported by
National Natural Science Foundation of China (51509023,51239001);Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China (2018JJ3535);Scholarship Program supported by China Scholarship Council (201608430158)
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To investigate how air is entrained and the formation and transport of bubbles under breaking waves, we carry out studies using particle image velocimetry (PIV), high-speed camera, bubble measuring system, and a three-dimensional numerical model based on the Navier-Stokes equations. The results show that the established numerical model can reasonably capture the air entrainment and bubble transport process under the action of breaking wave. A large bubble cavity is formed during wave breaking phase, which in turn produces a large amount of bubble cloud. Bubbles increase the turbulence of water, resulting in the formation of a large number of vortexes and water splash near the interface with the air. The burst of bubbles consumes a large amount of wave energy, and the larger turbulent kinetic energy is related to bubble generation. Moreover, we find that the number of bubbles increases linearly with the increase of average turbulent kinetic energy.
Key words: breaking wave; air entrainment; bubble; OpenFOAM; turbulent kinetic energy
DENG Bin , TANG Yao , JIANG Changbo , WANG Mengfei . Air entrainment and bubble movement processes in breaking waves[J]. Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2018 , 37(6) : 33 -40 . DOI: 10.11978/2018013
Fig.1 Experimental se图1 实验布置图 |
图2 模型区域网格和边界条件设置示意 |
Fig. 3 Comparison between numerical and experimental time series of free surface elevation. |
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Fig. 4 Comparison between numerical and experimental non-dimensional horizon velocity profile (u/c).图4 无量纲剖面水平流速u/c |
Fig. 5 Comparison between numerical and experimental non-dimensional vertical velocity profile (w/c).图5 无量纲剖面垂向流速w/c |
Fig. 6 Experimental photography of air entertainment and bubble transportation processes during wave breaking图6 实验波浪破碎卷气特性及气泡演化过程 |
Fig. 7 Numerical results of air entertainment and bubble transportation processes during wave breaking图7 波浪破碎卷气特性及气泡演化过程数值计算结果 |
Fig. 8 Time series of velocity field during wave breaking图8 波浪破碎过程流场变化 |
Fig. 9 Time series of turbulent kinetic energy during wave breaking图9 波浪破碎过程紊动动能变化 |
Fig. 10 Relationship between bubble number and turbulence kinetic energy图10 气泡数与紊流动能的关系 |
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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