Breaking of a floating particle raft by water waves
We investigate breaking and fragmentation of a floating particle raft by water waves. These laboratory experiments study the fragmentation of a two-dimensional floating solid by surface waves, a situation that also occurs for sea ice. We simultaneously observe oblique fractures on the intact part of the raft and polygonal fragments of different sizes. Observed from above, the graphite raft appears dark and the water white. The wavelength is very large in front of the raft thickness. The image size is 20x20 cm\texttwosuperior{} and the time 114 s after the onset of the waves.
Authors
- Michel Tsamados (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7034-5360)
- Louis Saddier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8148-7946)
- Michaël Berhanu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9099-2135)
- Ambre Palotai
- Mathéo Aksil
Institutions
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
- École Normale Supérieure (BI)
- Metric Systems Corporation (United States) (US)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Fluids
- Published
- 2024-09-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevfluids.9.094302
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.87
Funders
- Université Paris-Saclay
- Université de Recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres