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Transmission of Water Waves under Multiple Vertical Thin Plates

Yu, Y., Guo, Z. & Ma, Q. ORCID: 0000-0001-5579-6454 (2018). Transmission of Water Waves under Multiple Vertical Thin Plates. Water, 10(4), article number 517. doi: 10.3390/w10040517

Abstract

The transmission of water waves under vertical thin plates, e.g., offshore floating breakwaters, oscillating water column wave energy converters, and so on, is a crucial feature that dominates the hydrodynamic performance of marine devices. In this paper, the analytical solution to the transmission of water waves under multiple 2D vertical thin plates is firstly derived based on the linear potential theory. The influences of relevant parameters on the wave transmission are discussed, which include the number of plates, the draft of plates, the distance between plates and the water depth. The analytical results suggest that the transmission of progressive waves gradually weakens with the growth of the number and draft of plates, and under the conditions of given number and draft of plates, the distribution of plates has significant influence on the transmission of progressive waves. The results of this paper contribute to the understanding of the transmission of water waves under multiple vertical thin plates, as well as the suggestion on optimal design of complex marine devices, such as a floating breakwater with multiple plates.

Publication Type: Article
Publisher Keywords: water waves; vertical thin plates; transmission; reflectivity; resonance
Subjects: T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
T Technology > TC Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering
Departments: School of Science & Technology > Engineering
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