Wave breaking over submerged topographic obstacles leads to vorticity generation and, at times, to the generation of strong offshore-directed rip currents. The generation of finite-length breakers may also be induced by the positive interaction of wave trains propagating to shore with a relative angle. Such an interaction gives rise to a short-crested system, this, in turn, generating both breakers of finite crossflow length and an intense associated vorticity. We here analyze such a vorticity generation mechanism specifically focusing on the location where wave breaking occurs. To this purpose we both derive a simple theory, based on the well-known theory of wave ray propagation, and perform ad-hoc numerical simulations, using a NSWE (Nonlinear Shallow Water Equations) solver. A fairly good comparison between such preliminary theoretical and numerical results suggests that the present work be used as the basis for future analyses of vorticity generation by cross-seas.

Bore-induced macrovortices over a planar beach: the cross-sea condition case / Postacchini, Matteo; Brocchini, Maurizio; Soldini, Luciano. - ELETTRONICO. - (2012). (Intervento presentato al convegno 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering 2012 tenutosi a Santander; Spain nel 1-6/07/2012).

Bore-induced macrovortices over a planar beach: the cross-sea condition case

POSTACCHINI, MATTEO;BROCCHINI, MAURIZIO;SOLDINI, Luciano
2012-01-01

Abstract

Wave breaking over submerged topographic obstacles leads to vorticity generation and, at times, to the generation of strong offshore-directed rip currents. The generation of finite-length breakers may also be induced by the positive interaction of wave trains propagating to shore with a relative angle. Such an interaction gives rise to a short-crested system, this, in turn, generating both breakers of finite crossflow length and an intense associated vorticity. We here analyze such a vorticity generation mechanism specifically focusing on the location where wave breaking occurs. To this purpose we both derive a simple theory, based on the well-known theory of wave ray propagation, and perform ad-hoc numerical simulations, using a NSWE (Nonlinear Shallow Water Equations) solver. A fairly good comparison between such preliminary theoretical and numerical results suggests that the present work be used as the basis for future analyses of vorticity generation by cross-seas.
2012
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