Wave Forces on a Submerged Horizontal Cylinder.

Abstract

The oscillatory forces generated by the interaction of a train of gravity waves with a rigid horizontal circular cylinder located near a simulated ocean floor were determined experimentally. A circular cylinder of six inch diameter was subjected to gravity waves of wave lengths varying from 2 to 18 feet in a two-dimensional wave channel. Both the horizontal and vertical components of the hydrodynamic force were measured. Experimental results are plotted in dimensionless form. The horizontal and vertical dimensionless force coefficients are plotted as a function of the relative water depth, the relative wave length, and the relative wave height. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0727691

Entities

People

  • Frederick Conrad Schiller

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coefficients
  • Diameters
  • Geometry
  • Gravity
  • Gravity Waves
  • Mathematics
  • Physical Properties
  • Seabed
  • Two Dimensional
  • Waves

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Marine Hydrodynamics