Laboratory modeling of the propagation of periodic internal waves over bottom slopes |
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Authors: | S F Dotsenko N K Shelkovnikov |
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Institution: | (1) Mechanics Division, Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway |
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Abstract: | The experimental investigation of the run-up of periodic internal waves in a two-layer fluid on the coastal slope is performed
in an open hydrochannel at the Physical Department of the Lomonosov Moscow State University. The waves are produced by a wave
generator. We study the transformation of waves, the vertical structure of the field of velocities of mass transfer, and the
behavior of the parameters of internal waves propagating over the sloping bottom. It is shown that the run-up and breaking
of internal waves are accompanied by periodic emissions of portions of the heavier fluid from the bottom layer upward along
the slope. The Stokes drift velocity changes its sign as a function of depth. Moreover, both the wave length (the horizontal
distance between the neighboring crests) and the height of waves over the sloping bottom (the elevation of the crest over
the slope along the vertical) decrease as the wave approaches the coast. |
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