Experimental velocity profiles in wave-jet interaction

摘要

In this paper the interaction of surface wave trains with an opposing jet is analysed. Results from a series of laboratory experiments to measure vertical velocity profile of a jet in a stagnant ambient and in a wave environment under regular/random wave conditions are reported. The comparison shows that the wave motion can have a significant effect on the wave height/length and the velocity profiles. The experimental horizontal velocity component, depth and time averaged, is compared with a numerical model proposed by Di Natale (1998).