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A porous-wavemaker theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

Allen T. Chwang
Allen T. Chwang
Affiliation:
Institute of Hydraulic Research, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
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Abstract

A porous-wavemaker theory is developed to analyse small-amplitude surface waves on water of finite depth, produced by horizontal oscillations of a porous vertical plate. Analytical solutions in closed forms are obtained for the surface-wave profile, the hydrodynamic-pressure distribution and the total force on the wavemaker. The influence of the wave-effect parameter C and the porous-effect parameter G, both being dimensionless, on the surface waves and on the hydrodynamic pressures is discussed in detail.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 132 , July 1983 , pp. 395 - 406
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© 1983 Cambridge University Press

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