Numerical calculation of drift current in wind waves

(整期优先)网络出版时间:1992-02-12
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-Driftcurrentinducedbywindandwavesisinvestigatedwithphase-averagedNavier-StokesequationinwhichtheReynoldsstressisclosedbyk-εmodel.Thegoverningequationsaresolvedbythefinitevolumemethodinasystemofnonorthogonalcoordinateswhichisfittedtothephase-averagedwavesurface.Thepredicteddriftcurrentisfairlyreasonableandthedragcoefficientofsea-surfacepredictedwiththenewlydevelopedinterfaceconditionsshowsgoodagreementwithpreviousmeasurementswhenbreakingwavesdonotexist.