Two types of wave-current interactions and their effects on extreme waves in directional seas

J Wang, Q Ma, Z Yang, J Gao, G Wu - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The nonlinear wave-current interactions can influence and change extreme wave
probability, spectral characteristics, and average shape of extreme waves significantly …

The cubic vortical Whitham equation

JD Carter, H Kalisch, C Kharif, M Abid - Wave Motion, 2022 - Elsevier
The cubic vortical Whitham equation is a model for wave motion on a vertically sheared
current of constant vorticity in a shallow inviscid fluid. It generalizes the classical Whitham …

Dispersive wave focusing on a shear current: Part 1—Linear approximations

SÅ Ellingsen, Z Zheng, M Abid, C Kharif, Y Li - Water Waves, 2024 - Springer
We consider the evolution and kinematics during dispersive focussing, for a group of waves
propagating atop currents varying with depth. Our analysis assumes long-crested linear …

Solitary wave interactions in the Cubic Whitham equation

MV Flamarion, E Pelinovsky - Russian Journal of Mathematical Physics, 2024 - Springer
The vortical Whitham equation is modeled with quadratic and cubic nonlinearity, satisfying
the unidirectional dispersion relation used to describe the propagation of nonlinear waves in …

Propagation characteristics of tsunami waves in shear flow based on the Boussinesq model with constant vorticity

X Zhao, Z Ren, H Liu - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Propagation of tsunami wave in linear shear flow with constant vorticity is studied in this
paper. The nonlinear and dispersive Boussinesq equations for water waves in shear flow …

Nonlinear water waves in shallow water in the presence of constant vorticity: A Whitham approach

C Kharif, M Abid - European Journal of Mechanics-B/Fluids, 2018 - Elsevier
Two-dimensional nonlinear gravity waves travelling in shallow water on a vertically sheared
current of constant vorticity are considered. Using Euler equations, in the shallow water …

Features of the interaction of paired solitary waves with the Cubic Vortical Whitham equation

MV Flamarion, E Pelinovsky - Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2025 - Elsevier
In this article, we consider the cubic vortical Whitham equation with both positive and
negative nonlinearity to investigate overtaking solitary wave collisions. We compute solitary …

Wave evolution within the Cubic Vortical Whitham equation

MV Flamarion, E Pelinovsky - Wave Motion, 2025 - Elsevier
In this work, we study the evolution of disturbances within the framework of the Cubic
Vortical Whitham (CV-Whitham) equation, considering both positive and negative cubic …

On extreme waves in directional seas with presence of oblique current

J Wang, Q Ma, S Yan - Applied Ocean Research, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper will address two questions: i) How the fully nonlinear wave-current interactions
modify the extreme wave statistics, spectrum characteristics and average shape of extreme …

On the breaking inception of unsteady water wave packets evolving in the presence of constant vorticity

J Touboul, ML Banner - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - cambridge.org
The recent numerical study of Barthelemy et al.(J. Fluid Mech., vol. 841, 2018, pp. 463–488)
investigated the local properties of two-dimensional (2-D) and three-dimensional (3-D) …