Plunging cavities

Christophe Clanet (1)

1 LadHyX - Laboratoire d'hydrodynamique

When a wave breaks, the tip forms a liquid sheet which impinges the base and creates an air cavity which breaks into bubbles. Gomez-Ledesma, Kiger & Duncan (J. Fluid Mech., this issue, vol. 680, 2011, pp. 5-30) have conducted a nice experiment on this problem, enabling them to discuss both the inclination of the jet and the effect of its translation. This work has interesting links with other transient cavities. © 2011 Cambridge University Press.

Domains: Physics [physics]; Mechanics [physics]; Fluid mechanics [physics.class-ph]; Engineering Sciences [physics]; Mechanics [physics.med-ph]; Fluids mechanics [physics.class-ph]

Christophe Clanet. Plunging cavities. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2011, 680, pp.1-4. ⟨10.1017/jfm.2011.168⟩. ⟨hal-00997996⟩