Evolution of a Random Directional Wave and Freak Wave Occurrence
Evolution of a Random Directional Wave and Freak Wave Occurrence
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DOI:
10.1175/2008jpo4031.1
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发表时间:
2009-03
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
T. Waseda;T. Kinoshita;H. Tamura
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作者:
T. Waseda;T. Kinoshita;H. Tamura
Abstract The evolution of a random directional wave in deep water was studied in a laboratory wave tank (50 m long, 10 m wide, 5 m deep) utilizing a directional wave generator. A number of experiments were conducted, changing the various spectral parameters (wave steepness 0.05 < e < 0.11, with directional spreading up to 36° and frequency bandwidth 0.2 < δk/k < 0.6). The wave evolution was studied by an array of wave wires distributed down the tank. As the spectral parameters were altered, the wave height statistics change. Without any wave directionality, the occurrence of waves exceeding twice the significant wave height (the freak wave) increases as the frequency bandwidth narrows and steepness increases, due to quasi-resonant wave–wave interaction. However, the probability of an extreme wave rapidly reduces as the directional bandwidth broadens. The effective Benjamin–Feir index (BFIeff) is introduced, extending the BFI (the relative magnitude of nonlinearity and dispersion) to incorporate the effect...