We consider the issue of wave breaking closure for Boussinesq type models, and attempt at
providing some more understanding of the sensitivity of some closure approaches to the …

Abstract Both RaNS (Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes) and DES (Detached Eddy
Simulation) type turbulence models were used in conjunction with a two-fluid model of …

A two-layer long-wave approximation of the homogeneous Euler equations for a free-
surface flow evolving over mild slopes is derived. The upper layer is turbulent and is …

A two-layer model describing the interaction of a shear bubble layer formed by breaking
waves and an underlying potential layer is derived in shallow water approximation. A non …

Accurate and reliable experimental data of a sloshing-induced, rapidly-evolving spilling
breaker, are used to understand the specific physics of this phenomenon and to partially …

Accurate simulation of water's wave propagation and nonlinear wave transformations is of
fundamental importance to marine and coastal engineering. Over the last few decades …

This dissertation provides a detailed description of the turbulence structure and its effects on
the mean flow of fully-formed quasi-steady spilling breakers. Laboratory experiments are …

We analyze the extra strain rates that characterize a curved, thin mixing layer induced at an
unsteady spilling breaker. We focus on the flow curvature, which induces some extra rates of …

Recent researches have found that for high Reynolds number unsteady breaking wave
problems, traditional turbulence models based on Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes …

With the aim of better understanding the evolution of a strongly unsteady and curved spilling
breaker and collect information to validate the analytical model by Brocchini and co-workers …