| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S27351/01 |
| Title: |
Boundary Effects on Internal Solitary Waves |
| Principal Investigator: |
Dalziel, Professor SB |
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Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics |
| Organisation: |
University of Cambridge |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 November 2003 |
Ends: |
30 April 2006 |
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132,675
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| Complex fluids & soft solids |
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A fundamental combined theoretical and laboratory parametric modelling study will be carried out to determine the characteristic features of solitary waves in shallow water, for realistic engineering cases in which the amplitude of the internal solitary wave is comparable with the wa The study will determine the effects of shallow water depth and bottom boundary conditions upon the shape, celerity, amplitude and velocity density fields of large amplitude solitary waves. Uniquely, the study will combine simultaneous measurements of three-dimensional velocity fields (i) by developing anew optical technique (synthetic schlieren) for the latter and (ii) by applying an existing, newly-acquired integrated measurement facility for the former. The laboratory model data will be compared with predictions from the nonlinear theoretical model of Gn Oslo and will be interpreted in the offshore engineering context by suitable reference to existing oceanographic field data made available for The results of the work will be applied, where appropriate, to the generic behaviour of boundary-affected solitary wave phenomena in other i physics, nonlinear mechanics and engineering. Additionally, the optical technique developed for the density field measurements in the curre will be adaped for general use in future modelling studies of other stratified flow systems of fundamental environmental and engineering sig .y.
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