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The interaction between regular water waves and a submerged obstacle in a channel is studied numerically. The fluid viscosity is taken into account and the volume of fluid method is used to deal with the free surface. The incident regular waves are generated by use of numerical absorbing wave maker paddle. The present method can be used to predict the nonlinear deformations of the transmitted regular waves, and to simulate the vortex flow near the obstacle and the shear flows beneath the free surface.
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The work supported by the National Natural Science and Foundation of China (19672035) and the Development Foundation of Science and Technology of Shanghai Education Commission (96AJ01), and partially supported by the Royal society Fellowship Programme in United Kingdom (Charity No. 207043)
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Wan, D. Numerical study of interactions between regular water waves and a submerged obstacle. J. of Shanghai Univ. 3, 30–35 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11741-999-0025-4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11741-999-0025-4