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Indexed by:期刊论文

Date of Publication:2010-04-01

Journal:Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology (New Series)

Included Journals:EI、Scopus

Volume:17

Issue:2

Page Number:286-291

ISSN No.:10059113

Abstract:Three-dimensional (3-D) directional wave focusing is one of the mechanisms that contribute to the generation of freak waves. To simulate and analyze this phenomenon, a 3-D wave focusing model is proposed based on the enhanced high-order spectral method, which solves the fully nonlinear potential flow equations with a free surface within periodic unbounded 3-D domains. The numerical model is validated against a fifth-order Stokes solution for regular waves. Laboratory-scale freak waves are observed with wave components having equal amplitudes. Investigations of the appearance and propagation of freak-wave events in a 3-D open wavefield defined by a directional wave spectrum are then realized.