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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-105-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-105-2022
Development and technical paper
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07 Jan 2022
Development and technical paper |  | 07 Jan 2022

ISWFoam: a numerical model for internal solitary wave simulation in continuously stratified fluids

Jingyuan Li, Qinghe Zhang, and Tongqing Chen

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A numerical model, ISWFoam with a modified k–ω SST model, is developed to simulate internal solitary waves (ISWs) in continuously stratified, incompressible, viscous fluids based on a fully three-dimensional (3D) Navier–Stokes equation with the finite-volume method. ISWFoam can accurately simulate the generation and evolution of ISWs, the ISW breaking phenomenon, waveform inversion of ISWs, and the interaction between ISWs and complex topography.
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