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Numerical study of dam-break induced tsunami-like bore with a hump of different slopes

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Numerical simulation of dam-break wave, as an imitation of tsunami hydraulic bore, with a hump of different slopes is performed in this paper using an in-house code, named a Constrained Interpolation Profile (CIP)-based model. The model is built on a Cartesian grid system with the Navier Stokes equations using a CIP method for the flow solver, and employs an immersed boundary method (IBM) for the treatment of solid body boundary. A more accurate interface capturing scheme, the Tangent of hyperbola for interface capturing/Slope weighting (THINC/SW) scheme, is adopted as the interface capturing method. Then, the CIP-based model is applied to simulate the dam break flow problem in a bumpy channel. Considerable attention is paid to the spilling type reflected bore, the following spilling type wave breaking, free surface profiles and water level variations over time. Computations are compared with available experimental data and other numerical results quantitatively and qualitatively. Further investigation is conducted to analyze the influence of variable slopes on the flow features of the tsunami-like bore.

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    Du Cheng, **-zeng Zhao, Da-ke Zhang & Yong Chen

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Foundation item: This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51479175 and 51679212), and Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. LR16E090002).

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Cheng, D., Zhao, Xz., Zhang, Dk. et al. Numerical study of dam-break induced tsunami-like bore with a hump of different slopes. China Ocean Eng 31, 683–692 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13344-017-0078-2

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