ON THE SURFACE WAVE PATTERN OF SUBMERGED BODIES ARRESTED IMPULSIVELY FROM UNIFORM MOTION
Abstract
A theoretical study on the surface wave pattern of submerged bodies arrested impulsively from uniform motion was carried out. Seen from above, the waves appear to pass through the suddenly stopped body, fading away in the foremost portion of the pattern. The extent of this disappearing wave front in advance of the stopped body is approximately equal to 1/2 Ut, where U is the constant speed which the body originally possessed, and t the time elapsed since the sudden alteration in motion took place. If the transient effect is negligible, i.e., for a sufficiently long time t, except for the disappearing wave front, the group of steady regular waves, produced by the initially moving submerged body, advances into still water within a V-shaped region as if no changes had taken place. The front portion of this wave pattern becomes blunter as the elapsing time increases, due to the disappearing wave front. The location of the motionless body may be determined from the wave pattern by simple arithmetic calculations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0646887
Entities
People
- C. C. Hsu