NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF TURBULENT BUBBLY FLOW UNDER BREAKING WAVES
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breaking waves
air bubble entrainment

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Kirby, J. T., Ma, G., Derakhti, M., & Shi, F. (2012). NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF TURBULENT BUBBLY FLOW UNDER BREAKING WAVES. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(33), waves.66. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v33.waves.66

Abstract

We establish a framework for describing the spatial and temporal distribution of entrained air bubbles under breaking surface waves. The computational framework is based on a large eddy simulation (LES) in 3-D together with a VOF treatment of the air-water interface. An Eulerian multiphase approach is used in order to track the entrained bubbles as a number density distribution. Examples of numerical results for breaking periodic surf zone waves are illustrated.
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