Interface tracking during surface wave breaking

C. Lachaume (1) , Philippe Fraunié (1) , Vincent Rey (1) , B. Biausser (2) , Richard Marcer (2) , Stéphan T. Grilli (2) , Hubert Branger (3) , Stefan Guignard (3, 4)

1 LSEET - Laboratoire de sondages électromagnétiques de l'environnement terrestre
2 URI - University of Rhode Island
3 IRPHE - Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors Equilibre
4 IUSTI - Institut universitaire des systèmes thermiques industriels

2d and 3D calculation of surface wave breaking on a beach are performed with a semi lagrangian interface tracking method in a coupled BIEM/VOF solver. PIV experiments on waves are presented. Comparison are performed between experiment and numerical simulations.

Mots clés: water waves; surface waves; VOF; BIEM; experiments; numerical; breaking; semi-lagarangian; tracking method

Domaines: Mécanique des fluides [physics.class-ph]; Mécanique des fluides [physics.class-ph]; Océan, Atmosphère

C. Lachaume, Philippe Fraunié, Vincent Rey, B. Biausser, Richard Marcer, et al.. Interface tracking during surface wave breaking. EGS European Geophysical Symposium, Apr 2002, Nice, France. pp.03998. ⟨hal-00232729⟩