Abstract
Oblique interaction of internal solitary waves in a two-layer fluid system with infinite depth is studied. Two-dimensional Benjamin-Ono (BO) equation is solved numerically to investigate the strong interactions of the non-linear long waves whose propagation directions are very close to each other. Computations of time development are performed for two initial settings: the first one is superposition of two BO solitons with the same amplitude and with different propagation directions, and the second one is an oblique reflection of a BO solition at a vertical wall. It is observed that the Mach reflection does occur for small incident angles and for some incident angles very large stem waves are generated.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 251-267 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Fluid Dynamics Research |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2001 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Mechanical Engineering
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes