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The inviscid free-surface flow due to an impulsive bottom flux on constant depth is investigated analytically and numerically. The following classes of two-dimensional flow are considered: an upwelling flow which is uniform over a half-plane, a line source/sink, and a dipole aligned along the bottom. The bottom flux is turned on impulsively and may decay with time. The fully nonlinear problem is solved numerically. A small-time asymptotic expansion to third order is found for the nonlinear problem. An asymptotic large-time solution is found for the linearized problem. A steady source will generate a pair of symmetric bores, and their breaking is investigated. A steady sink generates a depression wave if it is weak, and dip instability if it is strong. Wave breaking will occur for intermediate sink strengths. A decaying source emits solitary waves.
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Landrini, M., Tyvand, P. Generation of water waves and bores by impulsive bottom flux. Journal of Engineering Mathematics 39, 131–170 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004857624937
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