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The exciting force on a submerged spheroid in regular waves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2006

G. X. Wu  and
R. Eatock Taylor
G. X. Wu
Affiliation:
London Centre for Marine Technology, University College London, Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE, UK
R. Eatock Taylor
Affiliation:
London Centre for Marine Technology, University College London, Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE, UK
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Abstract

The hydrodynamic problem of a submerged spheroid in waves is analysed based on linearized potential theory. An analytic formulation is derived and demonstrated by considering the problem of a stationary spheroid in head or following seas. Tabulated numerical results are obtained for a spheroid whose major axis is six times the minor axis, submerged at a depth twice the minor axis. Figures for many other cases are also provided. It is suggested that the present method can be extended to the problem of oscillating bodies at forward speed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 182 , September 1987 , pp. 411 - 426
Copyright
© 1987 Cambridge University Press

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