McCowan

Table of Contents

• Properties
• Model equations
• Default model coefficients
• Usage
• Further information

Note

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Properties

• Solitary wave

Model equations

The wave height is modelled by the equation:

\[ \eta = \frac{a}{\tan (0.5 m (a + h))} \frac{\sin (m z)}{\cos (m z) + \cosh (m x) } \]

where:

\( h \)	=	water depth
\( a \)	=	wave amplitude
\( m \)	=	constant coefficient

Default model coefficients

Usage

Inlet patch example

<patch>
{
    alpha           alpha.water;
    waveModel       McCowan;
    nPaddle         1;
    waveHeight      0.05;
    waveAngle       0.0;
    activeAbsorption yes;
}

Further information

Source code:

• Foam::waveModels::McCowan

References:

• ...

Tutorials:

• $FOAM_TUTORIALS/multiphase/interFoam/laminar/waves/solitaryMcCowan

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