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On the analytical solutions for water waves generated by a prescribed landslide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2017

Hong-Yueh Lo*
Affiliation:
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
Philip L.-F. Liu
Affiliation:
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USADepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576, SingaporeInstitute of Hydrological and Oceanic Sciences, National Central University, Jhongli, Taoyuan, 320, Taiwan
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†Email address for correspondence: HL645@cornell.edu

Abstract

This paper presents a suite of analytical solutions, for both the free-surface elevation and the flow velocity, for landslide-generated water waves. The one-dimensional (horizontal, 1DH) analytical solutions for water waves generated by a solid landslide moving at a constant speed in constant water depth were obtained for the linear and weakly dispersive wave model as well as the linear and fully dispersive wave model. The area enclosed by the landslide was shown to have stronger lasting effects on the generated water waves than the exact landslide shape. In addition, the resonance solution based on the fully dispersive wave model was examined, and the growth rate was derived. For the 1DH linear shallow water equations (LSWEs) on a constant slope, a closed-form analytical solution, which could serve as a useful benchmark for numerical models, was found for a special landslide forcing function. For the two-dimensional (horizontal, 2DH) LSWEs on a plane beach, we rederived the solutions using the quiescent water initial conditions. The difference between the initial conditions used in the new solutions and those used in previous studies was found to have a permanent effect on the generated waves. We further noted that convergence rate of the 2DH LSWE analytical solutions varies greatly, and advised that case-by-case convergence tests be conducted whenever the modal analytical solutions are numerically evaluated using a finite number of modes.

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Figure 1.Definition sketch of the 1DH landslide-wave problem in constant depth.

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Figure 2.The frequency-dispersive wave speed $D(\unicode[STIX]{x1D707}k)$ (2.7) plotted as a function of $\unicode[STIX]{x1D707}k$.

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Figure 3.Comparison of the seven different landslide shapes that all have the same height, enclosed area and centre of mass $x_{c}=0$: circle, Gaussian curve ($B_{1}$); cross, parabolic cap ($B_{2}$); plus, quartic cap ($B_{3}$); dotted line, rectangle ($B_{4}$); solid line, triangle ($B_{5}$); dashed line, triangle ($B_{6}$); dash–dot line, triangle ($B_{7}$).

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Figure 4.Comparison of water waves generated by landslides of different shapes with initial centres of mass $x_{c}=0$, for $\unicode[STIX]{x1D707}=0.25$ and $Fr=0.5$: (a,b) $t=2$; (c,d) $t=5$; (e,f) $t=10$. (a,c,e) Solid line, Gaussian curve ($B_{1}$); dotted line, parabolic cap ($B_{2}$); dashed line, quartic cap ($B_{3}$); dash–dot line, rectangle ($B_{4}$); cross, equation (2.10) with only the leading-order term. (b,d,f) Solid line, triangle ($B_{5}$); dotted line, triangle ($B_{6}$); dashed line, triangle $B_{7}$; cross, asymptotic solution (2.10) with only the leading-order term.

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Figure 5.Wave profiles due to a Gaussian landslide forcing function with $Fr=1$ and $\unicode[STIX]{x1D707}=0.3$ at $t=8$ and $t=128$: solid line, complete LFD solution (2.6); dashed line, far-field leading-wave solution (2.13).

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Figure 6.Amplitude of the leading wave as a function of $t$, for a Gaussian landslide forcing function with $Fr=1$ and $\unicode[STIX]{x1D707}=0.3$: solid line, the complete LFD solution (2.6); dashed line, the asymptotic growth rate $t^{1/3}$.

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Figure 7.The free-surface elevation $\unicode[STIX]{x1D702}(x,t)$ at different times and locations, due to a moderately long Gaussian-shaped landslide with $\unicode[STIX]{x1D707}=0.2$ moving at speed $Fr=0.5$: (a,d) $t=0.5$; (b,e) $t=1.0$; (c,f) $t=2.0$; solid line, LFD solution (2.6); dashed line, LWD solution (2.22); dash–dot line, LSWE solution (1.3); dotted lines, locations at which the velocity solutions are shown.

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Figure 8.The vertical distribution of the horizontal velocity $u(x,z,t)$ at different times and locations, due to a moderately long Gaussian-shaped landslide with $\unicode[STIX]{x1D707}=0.2$ moving at speed $Fr=0.5$: (a,d,g) $t=0.5$; (b,e,h) $t=1.0$; (c,f,i) $t=2.0$; (a–c) $x=-1$; (d–f) $x=0$; (g–i) $x=1$; solid line, LFD solution (2.8); dashed line, LWD solution recovered from (2.25); dash–dot line, LSWE solution (1.4). It should be noted that the scale of the horizontal axis varies greatly from panel to panel.

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Figure 9.The vertical distribution of the vertical velocity $w(x,z,t)$ at different times and locations, due to a moderately long Gaussian-shaped landslide with $\unicode[STIX]{x1D707}=0.2$ moving at speed $Fr=0.5$: (a,d,g) $t=0.5$; (b,e,h) $t=1.0$; (c,f,i) $t=2.0$; (a–c) $x=-1$; (d–f) $x=0$; (g–i) $x=1$; solid line, LFD solution (2.9); dashed line, LWD solution recovered from (2.25); dash–dot line, LSWE solution (zero vertical velocity). It should be noted that the scale of the horizontal axis varies greatly from panel to panel.

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Figure 10.Comparison of the numerical and analytical solutions of the 1DH LSWEs for a ramp-like landslide-generated wave on a constant slope at times $t=0.4,0.6,0.8,1$; solid line, numerical solution; dashed line, analytical solution; (a,c) numerical solution with grid spacing $\unicode[STIX]{x0394}x=0.01$; (b,d) numerical solution with grid spacing $\unicode[STIX]{x0394}x=0.001$.

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Figure 11.Wave fields generated by a double-Gaussian landslide forcing function moving at a constant speed $1$ from $x=0$. The solution is symmetric about the $x$-axis. (a,d,g) Numerical solution with $\unicode[STIX]{x0394}x=\unicode[STIX]{x0394}y=0.01$; (b,e,h) $50$-mode analytical solution; (c,f,i) $50$-mode $\unicode[STIX]{x1D702}_{extra}$; (a–c) $t=1$; (d–f) $t=2$; (g–i) $t=3$.

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Figure 12.Analytical solutions of the free-surface elevation along $y=2$ due to a double-Gaussian landslide forcing function moving at a constant speed $1$ from $x=0$: solid line, numerical solution with $\unicode[STIX]{x0394}x=\unicode[STIX]{x0394}y=0.01$; dashed line, $6$-mode analytical solution; dash–dot line, $10$-mode analytical solution; dotted line, $50$-mode analytical solution; (a) $t=1$; (b) $t=2$; (c) $t=3$.

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Figure 13.Plot examining the convergence rate of the analytical solution for $\unicode[STIX]{x1D702}(2.5,2,2)$: solid line, analytical solution as a function of the number of modes considered; dashed line, numerical solution.

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Figure 14.Edge waves ($x=0$) at $t=5$ due to a double-Gaussian landslide forcing function moving at a constant speed $1$ from $x=0$: solid line, numerical solution with $\unicode[STIX]{x0394}x=\unicode[STIX]{x0394}y=0.01$; plus, $10$-mode analytical solution; circle, $15$-mode analytical solution; dashed line, $15$-mode $\unicode[STIX]{x1D702}_{extra}$.

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Figure 15.The free-surface elevation $\unicode[STIX]{x1D702}(x,t)$ at different times and locations, due to a very long Gaussian-shaped landslide with $\unicode[STIX]{x1D707}=0.05$ moving at speed $Fr=0.5$: (a,d) $t=0.5$; (b,e) $t=1.0$; (c,f) $t=2.0$; solid line, LFD solution (2.6); dashed line, LWD solution (2.22); dash–dot line, LSWE solution (1.3); dotted lines, locations at which the velocity solutions are shown.

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Figure 16.The vertical distribution of the horizontal velocity $u(x,z,t)$ at different times and locations, due to a very long Gaussian-shaped landslide with $\unicode[STIX]{x1D707}=0.05$ moving at speed $Fr=0.5$: (a,d,g) $t=0.5$; (b,e,h) $t=1.0$; (c,f,i) $t=2.0$; (a–c) $x=-1$; (d–f) $x=0$; (g–i) $x=1$; solid line, LFD solution (2.8); dashed line, LWD solution recovered from (2.25); dash–dot line, LSWE solution (1.4). It should be noted that the scale of the horizontal axis varies greatly from panel to panel.

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Figure 17.The vertical distribution of the vertical velocity $w(x,z,t)$ at different times and locations, due to a very long Gaussian-shaped landslide with $\unicode[STIX]{x1D707}=0.05$ moving at speed $Fr=0.5$: (a,d,g) $t=0.5$; (b,e,h) $t=1.0$; (c,f,i) $t=2.0$; (a–c) $x=-1$; (d–f) $x=0$; (g–i) $x=1$; solid line, LFD solution (2.9); dashed line, LWD solution recovered from (2.25); dash–dot line, LSWE solution (zero vertical velocity). It should be noted that the scale of the horizontal axis varies greatly from panel to panel.

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Figure 18.The free-surface elevation $\unicode[STIX]{x1D702}(x,t)$ at different times and locations, due to a Gaussian-shaped landslide with $\unicode[STIX]{x1D707}=0.4$ moving at speed $Fr=0.5$: (a,d) $t=0.5$; (b,e) $t=1.0$; (c,f) $t=2.0$; solid line, LFD solution (2.6); dashed line, LWD solution (2.22); dash–dot line, LSWE solution (1.3); dotted lines, locations at which the velocity solutions are shown.

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Figure 19.The vertical distribution of the horizontal velocity $u(x,z,t)$ at different times and locations, due to a Gaussian-shaped landslide with $\unicode[STIX]{x1D707}=0.05$ moving at speed $Fr=0.5$: (a,d,g) $t=0.5$; (b,e,h) $t=1.0$; (c,f,i) $t=2.0$; (a–c) $x=-1$; (d–f) $x=0$; (g–i) $x=1$; solid line, LFD solution (2.8); dashed line, LWD solution recovered from (2.25); dash–dot line, LSWE solution (1.4). It should be noted that the scale of the horizontal axis varies greatly from panel to panel.

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Figure 20.The vertical distribution of the vertical velocity $w(x,z,t)$ at different times and locations, due to a Gaussian-shaped landslide with $\unicode[STIX]{x1D707}=0.4$ moving at speed $Fr=0.5$: (a,d,g) $t=0.5$; (b,e,h) $t=1.0$; (c,f,i) $t=2.0$; (a–c) $x=-1$; (d–f) $x=0$; (g–i) $x=1$; solid line, LFD solution (2.9); dashed line, LWD solution recovered from (2.25); dash–dot line, LSWE solution (zero vertical velocity). It should be noted that the scale of the horizontal axis varies greatly from panel to panel.