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Amplification of random wave run-up on the front face of a box driven by tertiary wave interactions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 May 2019

W. Zhao Open the ORCID record for W. Zhao [Opens in a new window] ,
P. H. Taylor ,
H. A. Wolgamot  and
R. Eatock Taylor
W. Zhao*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
P. H. Taylor
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
H. A. Wolgamot
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
R. Eatock Taylor
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, OxfordOX1 3PJ, UK
*
†Email address for correspondence: wenhua.zhao@uwa.edu.au
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Abstract

Wave run-up phenomena driven by nonlinear wave interactions with a fixed rectangular box are investigated. Experiments are carried out in different types of uni-directional waves with normal incidence. Significant wave run-ups featuring tertiary interaction effects, similar to those reported by Molin et al. (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 528, 2005, pp. 323–354) for a fixed vertical plate, are observed in regular wave tests. Transient wave group tests are conducted for comparison, to facilitate the analysis of the tertiary interactions in irregular waves. The most striking observation is that the wave surface elevations at the centre of the front face of the fixed box can reach $4\times$ the incident waves even in irregular waves, much larger than the ${\sim}2\times$ predicted from linear theory and observed for the transient groups. The extra amplification builds up slowly and is localized on the weather side of the box. It is believed to result from tertiary interactions between the incident and reflected wave fields upstream, which induce a local lensing effect and thus wave focusing on the weather side. These interactions, though a nonlinear process, occur at the first harmonic quantities rather than high harmonics. Supporting evidence is extracted from random wave runs using NewWave analysis, where surface amplifications and phase lag – both key characteristics of tertiary wave interactions – are identified. The identification of these tertiary interactions in irregular waves is new, and may be of practical importance.

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Waves/Free-surface Flows: Wave scattering
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JFM Papers
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 869 , 25 June 2019 , pp. 706 - 725
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© 2019 Cambridge University Press 

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