WAVE FORCES ON CIRCULAR CYLINDRICAL PILES USED IN COASTAL STRUCTURES.

Abstract

Laboratory studies were made on a 6-inch diameter circular pile, using both regular and irregular waves. Detailed force analyses were made of both sets of data. Harmonic analyses of the total horizontal force acting on a pile was made in order to examine carefully the mass coefficient and drag coefficient. An attempt was made to relate these coefficients to certain dimensionless parameters. Dimensional analysis showed that the coefficients depended not only upon Reynolds number, Froude number, and Iversen's modulus, but also upon the water depth-wave length ratio d/L and the time parameter t/T. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0646741

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People

  • Yuan Jen

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  • University of California, Berkeley

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  • Buildings And Structures
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Coefficients
  • Diameters
  • Froude Number
  • Harmonic Analysis
  • Mathematics
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  • Reynolds Number

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