Role of Air Flow Separation for Self-regulation Mechanism of Wind Waves without Wave Breaking

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  • 複合型砕波の運動諸量特性について
  • 砕波を伴わない風波の自己調整機能に対する気流の剥離の役割について
  • サイハ オ トモナワナイ フウハ ノ ジコ チョウセイ キノウ ニ タイスル キリュウ ノ ハクリ ノ ヤクワリ ニ ツイテ

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Occurrence frequency of air flow separations over wind waves was measured to investigate relationship between the air flow separation and a drag coefficient. The occurrence frequencies converged to a value of 10% with windsea Reynolds number, RB, ranging between 200 and 1000. In that condition, the drag coefficients also have a constant value. Under moderate wind speed and short fetch condition, the air flow separation controls momentum transfer from air side to water side without wave breaking. As a result, despite growth of wind speed, wave breaking probability and wave steepness are still kept constant. This process is considered as a self-regulation mechanism of wind waves without wave breaking.

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