Free surface evolution from numerical wave tank simulations - Experiment W2N5D5

An ensemble of two-dimensional numerical wave tank (NWT) simulations of breaking and non-breaking wave packets. The NWT uses the Gerris software package, a two-phase Navier-Stokes solver that utilises the volume-of-fluid method and explicitly models viscosity and surface tension effects. It is configured in non-dimensional coordinates scaled by the length and time characteristics of a deep-water wave with wavelength 1 m. This dataset contains simulations from experiment W2N5D5 (wind forcing speed equal to 2 times the wave speed, chirped wave packet with 5 waves in the packet signal, deep water) and forms part of an ensemble of experiments available here. A full description of the NWT is provided in:

Boettger, D. G., Keating, S. R., Banner, M. L., Morison, R. P., & Barthelemy, X. (2023). An energetic signature for breaking inception in surface gravity waves. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 959, A33.

Boettger, D. G., Keating, S. R., Banner, M. L., Morison, R. P., & Barthelemy, X. (2024). Energetic inception of breaking in surface gravity waves under wind forcing. Physical Review Fluids, 9 (5), 054803.