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Bragg resonance of waves in a two-layer fluid propagating over bottom ripples. Part I. Perturbation analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 April 2009

MOHAMMAD-REZA ALAM ,
YUMING LIU  and
DICK K. P. YUE
MOHAMMAD-REZA ALAM
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Ocean Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
YUMING LIU
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Ocean Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
DICK K. P. YUE*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Ocean Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
*
†Email address for correspondence: yue@mit.edu
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Abstract

We investigate, via perturbation analyses, the mechanisms of nonlinear resonant interaction of surface-interfacial waves with a rippled bottom in a two-layer density-stratified fluid. As in a one-layer fluid, three classes of Bragg resonances are found to exist if nonlinear interactions up to the third order in the wave/ripple steepness are considered. As expected, the wave system associated with the resonances is more complicated than that in a one-layer fluid. Depending on the specifics of the resonance condition, the resonance-generated wave may be a surface or internal mode and may be transmitted or reflected. At the second order, class I Bragg resonance occurs involving two surface and/or internal waves and one bottom-ripple component. The interaction of an incident surface/internal wave with the bottom ripple generates a new surface or internal wave that may propagate in the same or the opposite direction as the incident wave. At the third order, class II and III Bragg resonances occur involving resonant interactions of four wave/ripple components: two surface and/or internal waves and two bottom-ripple components for class II resonance; three surface and/or internal waves and one bottom-ripple components for class III resonance. As in class I resonance, the resonance-generated wave in class II resonance has the same frequency as that of the incident wave. For class III resonance, the frequency of the resonant wave is equal to the sum or difference of the two incident wave frequencies. We enumerate and represent, using Feynman-like diagrams, the possible cases and combinations for Bragg resonance up to the third order (in two dimensions). Analytical regular perturbation results are obtained and discussed for all three classes of Bragg resonances. These are valid for limited bottom patch lengths and initial/finite growth of the resonant waves. For long bottom patches, a uniformly valid solution using multiple scales is derived for class I resonance. A number of applications underscoring the importance and implication of these nonlinear resonances on the evolution of ocean waves are presented and discussed. For example, it is shown that three internal/surface waves co-propagating over bottom topography are resonant under a broad range of Bragg conditions. The present study provides the theoretical basis and understanding for the companion paper (Alam, Liu & Yue 2008), where a direct numerical solution for the general nonlinear problem is pursued.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 624 , 10 April 2009 , pp. 191 - 224
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