ISSN:
1573-8507
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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Physics
Notes:
Abstract The linear theory of small-amplitude waves is used to construct a solution to the problem of the diffraction of surface gravity waves by a system of arbitrarily oriented vertical circular cylinders. Analytic expressions are obtained for the wave forces and overturning moments acting on each cylinder of the system. A system of two rows of cylinders with three cylinders in each row is considered as an example. It is shown that for certain relationships between the diameter of the cylinders, the distance between them, the angle of approach of the wave, and its wavelength, the maximal values of the hydrodynamic forces acting on the cylinders of the system with allowance for the interaction of the diffracted fields may be appreciably greater than when no allowance is made for it.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01090928
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