MEASUREMENTS OF VORTEX GENERATION AND MOTION AT WIND WAVE SURFACES

[摘要] Vortices generated at water surface under wind wave condition are most important phenomena for mass exchange between atmosphere and ocean.To extract vortices from randomly distributed velocity vectors obtained by a PTV, a new method to accurately estimate vorticity is proposed. The proposed method uses the Moving Least Square method which has been developed for grid-less numerical simulation. The optimal size of fitting area is derived theoretically and is confirmed by Monte Carlo simulation. Comparison of the accuracy between the proposed method and the commonly used method shows the advantage of the proposed method. The developed method is applied to the measurements of vorticity near the wind wave interfaces. The results show the generation and movements of the vortices at water surfaces.

[学科分类] 建筑学

[关键词] wind waves;Vortex Motion;Particle Tracking Velocimetry;Moving Least Square Method