HOVERING BREAKWATER

Abstract

A bag filled with water that hovered wth its top just afloat was tested in both the laboratory and in San Francisco Bay. It appeared to be a more effective breakwater for wind waves which were at their limit of stability (whitecaps) which were encountered in the bay than for swell type waves of the laboratory. The mechanism, or mechanisms, by which the breakwater attenuated the waves was not determined, although it behaved in part as a nonlinear mechanism. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0265097

Entities

People

  • H.w. Shen
  • J.d. Cumming
  • R.l. Wiegel

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bays
  • Bodies Of Water
  • Breakwaters
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Flight
  • Hovering
  • San Francisco Bay

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Materials Science
  • Oceanography.