@article{scholars19451, volume = {293}, note = {cited By 0; Conference of 5th International Conference on Water Resources, ICWR 2021 ; Conference Date: 23 November 2021 Through 25 November 2021; Conference Code:285159}, doi = {10.1007/978-981-19-5947-9{$_3$}{$_3$}}, year = {2023}, title = {Numerical Study of Wave Groups in Wind-Swell Seas}, journal = {Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering}, pages = {409--419}, author = {Mansoor, A. M. and Latheef, M.}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85141826775&doi=10.1007\%2f978-981-19-5947-9\%5f33&partnerID=40&md5=b6e17e7443f503c47b084522ec6421df}, keywords = {Ocean currents; Water waves, Double-peaked spectrum; Extreme ocean waves; Focused waves; Nonlinear waves; Numerical wave modeling; Peaked spectrum; Resonant interaction; Unidirectional waves; Wave group; Wave spectrum, Bandwidth}, abstract = {This paper concerns the study of focused wave groups in mixed sea states. These focused wave events are considered representative of the largest events that occur in a random sea state. A fully non-linear Higher-Order Spectral (HOS) solver was adopted to simulate the wave groups and investigate the physical mechanisms that govern the evolution of these events. For the near breaking uni-directional wave groups in deep-water conditions considered, it was seen that irrespective of the relative strength of the swell and wind component, the maximum crests obtained were much larger than those predicted by the commonly adopted linear and second-order solutions. Further analysis revealed that the third-order resonant interactions that alter the underlying free wave components are responsible for these larger crests. However, the most important parameter that determines the amplification was found to be bandwidth; the smaller the bandwidth, the larger the resonant interactions and hence the larger the crest elevation obtained. More importantly, it was found that for the mixed seas, once steepness and bandwidth are taken into consideration, the level of nonlinear amplification of the crests was independent of the shape of the underlying wave spectrum. {\^A}{\copyright} 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.} }