SCATTERING OF SURFACE WAVES BY A SUBMERGED CIRCULAR CYLINDER.

Abstract

The effect of a rigid circular cylinder, wholly immersed within and lying parallel to the free surface of an incompressible and inviscid fluid, on straight-crested surface waves passing overhead is investigated. A mode of analysis is developed, on the hypotheses of small amplitude and time-periodic fluid motions, that en compasses all directions of incidence of the primary wave; and is used to extend results previously obtained in the case of normal incidence. It is shown, in particular, that the absence of surface wave reflection at normal incidence gives way to a partial reflection for other primary directions, which in turn verges on completeness as the direction of the incoming wave becomes more closely aligned with that of the cylinder axis. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 20, 1964
Accession Number
AD0608590

Entities

People

  • Harold Levine

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Hypotheses
  • Reflection
  • Surface Waves
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Geodesy
  • Structural Dynamics.