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Effect of vorticity on the generation of rogue waves due to dispersive focusing

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  • Julien Touboul

    (Université de Toulon
    Aix-Marseille Université)

  • Christian Kharif

    (Aix-Marseille Université)

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The kinematic and dynamic of steep two-dimensional focusing wave trains on a shearing flow in deep water are investigated analytically and numerically. In the absence of waves, the vorticity due to the vertical gradient of the horizontal current velocity is assumed constant. A linear kinematic model based on the spatio-temporal evolution of the frequency is derived, predicting the focusing distance and time of a chirped wave packet in the presence of constant vorticity. Furthermore, a linear model, based on a Fourier integral, is used to describe the evolution of the free surface on shearing current. To compute the fully nonlinear evolution of the wave group in the presence of vorticity, a new numerical model, based on a BIEM approach, is developed. On the basis of these different approaches, the role of constant vorticity on rogue wave occurrence is analysed. Two main results are obtained: (1) the linear behaviour expected in the presence of constant vorticity is significantly different from what is commonly expected in the presence of constant current and (2) the nonlinear effects are found to be of significant influence in the case at hand.

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  • Julien Touboul & Christian Kharif, 2016. "Effect of vorticity on the generation of rogue waves due to dispersive focusing," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 84(2), pages 585-598, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:84:y:2016:i:2:d:10.1007_s11069-016-2419-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s11069-016-2419-5
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    1. Choi, Wooyoung, 2009. "Nonlinear surface waves interacting with a linear shear current," Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM), Elsevier, vol. 80(1), pages 29-36.
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