On the existence of steady-state resonant waves in experiments

This paper describes an experimental investigation of steady-state resonant waves. Several co-propagating short-crested wave trains are generated in a basin at the State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering (SKLOE) in Shanghai, and the wavefields are measured and analysed both along and normal to the...

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Published in:Journal of fluid mechanics 2015-01, Vol.763, p.1-23
Main Authors: Liu, Z., Xu, D. L., Li, J., Peng, T., Alsaedi, A., Liao, S. J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Experiments
Fluid mechanics
Nonlinear systems
Ocean engineering
Ocean waves
Propagation
Wave energy
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Summary:This paper describes an experimental investigation of steady-state resonant waves. Several co-propagating short-crested wave trains are generated in a basin at the State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering (SKLOE) in Shanghai, and the wavefields are measured and analysed both along and normal to the direction of propagation. These steady-state resonant waves are first calculated theoretically under the exact resonance criterion with sufficiently high nonlinearity, and then are generated in the basin by means of the main wave components that contain at least 95 % of the wave energy. The steady-state wave spectra are quantitatively observed within the inherent system error of the basin and identified by means of a contrasting experiment. Both symmetrical and anti-symmetrical steady-state resonant waves are observed and the experimental and theoretical results show excellent agreement. These results offer the first experimental evidence of the existence of steady-state resonant waves with multiple solutions.
ISSN:0022-1120
1469-7645
DOI:10.1017/jfm.2014.658