On the coupled time-harmonic motion of deep water and a freely floating body: trapped modes and uniqueness theorems

2012 ◽  
Vol 703 ◽  
pp. 142-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolay Kuznetsov ◽  
Oleg Motygin
Keyword(s):  
Small Amplitude ◽  
Velocity Potential ◽  
The Body ◽  
Floating Body ◽  
Trapped Modes ◽  
Dimensionless Quantity ◽  
Time Harmonic ◽  
Equipartition Of Energy ◽  
Zero Vector ◽  
Inverse Procedure

AbstractWe investigate the time-harmonic small-amplitude motion of the mechanical system that consists of water and a body freely floating in it; water occupies a half-space, whereas the body is either surface-piercing or totally submerged. As a mathematical model of this coupled motion, we consider a spectral problem (the spectral parameter is the frequency of oscillations), for which the following results are obtained. The total energy of the water motion is finite and the equipartition of energy holds for the whole system. For any value of frequency, infinitely many eigensolutions are constructed and each of them consists of a non-trivial velocity potential and the zero vector describing the motion of the body; the latter means that trapping bodies (infinitely many of them are found) are motionless although they float freely. They are surface-piercing, have axisymmetric submerged parts and are obtained by virtue of the so-called semi-inverse procedure. We also prove that certain restrictions on the body geometry (which are violated for the constructed trapping bodies) guarantee that the problem has only a trivial solution for frequencies that are sufficiently large being measured in terms of a certain dimensionless quantity.

Two-dimensional water waves in the presence of a freely floating body: trapped modes and conditions for their absence

2015 ◽  
Vol 779 ◽  
pp. 684-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolay Kuznetsov
Keyword(s):  
Water Waves ◽  
Small Amplitude ◽  
Floating Body ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Trapped Modes ◽  
Constant Depth ◽  
Time Harmonic ◽  
Equipartition Of Energy ◽  
Linear Setting ◽  
Inverse Procedure

The coupled motion is investigated for a mechanical system consisting of water and a body freely floating in it. Water occupies either a half-space or a layer of constant depth into which an infinitely long surface-piercing cylinder is immersed, thus allowing us to study two-dimensional modes. Under the assumption that the motion is of small amplitude near equilibrium, a linear setting is applicable, and for the time-harmonic oscillations it reduces to a spectral problem with the frequency of oscillations as the spectral parameter. Within this framework, it is shown that the total energy of the water motion is finite and the equipartition of energy holds for the whole system. On this basis two results are obtained. First, the so-called semi-inverse procedure is applied for the construction of a family of two-dimensional bodies trapping the heave mode. Second, it is proved that no wave modes can be trapped provided that their frequencies exceed a bound depending on the cylinder properties, whereas its geometry is subject to some restrictions and, in some cases, certain restrictions are imposed on the type of mode.

On the coupled time-harmonic motion of a freely floating body and water covered by brash ice

2016 ◽  
Vol 795 ◽  
pp. 174-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolay Kuznetsov ◽  
Oleg Motygin
Keyword(s):  
Small Amplitude ◽  
Finite Interval ◽  
Finite Energy ◽  
Floating Body ◽  
Coupled Motion ◽  
Time Harmonic ◽  
All Solutions ◽  
Equipartition Of Energy ◽  
Linear Setting ◽  
Inverse Procedure

A mechanical system consisting of water covered by brash ice and a body freely floating near equilibrium is considered. The water occupies a half-space into which an infinitely long surface-piercing cylinder is immersed, thus allowing us to study two-dimensional modes of the coupled motion, which is assumed to be of small amplitude. The corresponding linear setting for time-harmonic oscillations reduces to a spectral problem whose parameter is the frequency. A constant that characterises the brash ice divides the set of frequencies into two subsets and the results obtained for each of these subsets are essentially different. For frequencies belonging to a finite interval adjacent to zero, the total energy of motion is finite and the equipartition of energy holds for the whole system. For every frequency from this interval, a family of motionless bodies trapping waves is constructed by virtue of the semi-inverse procedure. For sufficiently large frequencies outside of this interval, all solutions of finite energy are trivial.

On the coupled time-harmonic motion of water and a body freely floating in it

2011 ◽  
Vol 679 ◽  
pp. 616-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
NIKOLAY KUZNETSOV ◽  
OLEG MOTYGIN
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Value Problem ◽  
Small Amplitude ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Water Layer ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Motion ◽  
Constant Depth ◽  
Harmonic Motion ◽  
Time Harmonic ◽  
Equipartition Of Energy

We consider a spectral problem that describes the time-harmonic small-amplitude motion of the mechanical system that consists of a three-dimensional water layer of constant depth and a body (either surface-piercing or totally submerged), freely floating in it. This coupled boundary-value problem contains a spectral parameter – the frequency of oscillations – in the boundary conditions as well as in the equations governing the body motion. It is proved that the total energy of the water motion is finite and the equipartition of energy of the whole system is established. Under certain restrictions on body's geometry the problem is proved to have only a trivial solution for sufficiently large values of the frequency. The uniqueness frequencies are estimated from below.

Non-linear simulations of wave-induced motions of a floating body by means of the mixed Eulerian-Lagrangian method

2000 ◽  
Vol 214 (6) ◽  
pp. 841-855 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Kashiwagi
Keyword(s):  
Velocity Potential ◽  
Hydrodynamic Force ◽  
Computation Time ◽  
The Body ◽  
Floating Body ◽  
Parametric Oscillation ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Temporal Derivative ◽  
Wave Induced ◽  
The Waves

A non-linear calculation method based on the mixed Eulerian-Lagrangian (MEL) method is presented for wave-induced motions of a two-dimensional floating body. Attention is focused on an effective calculation of the hydrodynamic force associated with the temporal derivative of the velocity potential in the Bernoulli pressure equation. Unlike other existing methods, the acceleration field can be computed simultaneously with the velocity field, which contributes greatly to a reduction in the computation time. Computations are performed for a wall-sided model and a flared model, and numerical results of the waves at upwave and downwave positions and the body motions (sway, heave and roll) are compared with corresponding experiments. The overall agreement is very good, confirming the validity of the present method. The parametric oscillation in roll, observed for the flared model, is also discussed.

The Supersonic Flow Past a Slender Ducted Body of Revolution with an Annular Intake

1950 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 305-318
Author(s):  
G. N. Ward
Keyword(s):  
Supersonic Flow ◽  
Velocity Potential ◽  
Operational Calculus ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Of Revolution ◽  
Internal Flows ◽  
Flow Past ◽  
External Forces ◽  
Internal Pressures ◽  
Slender Body Of Revolution

SummaryThe approximate supersonic flow past a slender ducted body of revolution having an annular intake is determined by using the Heaviside operational calculus applied to the linearised equation for the velocity potential. It is assumed that the external and internal flows are independent. The pressures on the body are integrated to find the drag, lift and moment coefficients of the external forces. The lift and moment coefficients have the same values as for a slender body of revolution without an intake, but the formula for the drag has extra terms given in equations (32) and (56). Under extra assumptions, the lift force due to the internal pressures is estimated. The results are applicable to propulsive ducts working under the specified condition of no “ spill-over “ at the intake.

Analysis of the First Order and Slowly Varying Motions of an Axisymmetric Floating Body in Bichromatic Waves

2013 ◽  
Vol 135 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
João Pessoa ◽  
Nuno Fonseca ◽  
C. Guedes Soares
Keyword(s):  
Vertical Cylinder ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Second Order ◽  
The Body ◽  
Floating Body ◽  
Drift Motion ◽  
First Order ◽  
Motion Responses ◽  
Simple Geometry ◽  
Good Agreement

The paper presents an experimental and numerical investigation on the motions of a floating body of simple geometry subjected to harmonic and biharmonic waves. The experiments were carried out in three different water depths representing shallow and deep water. The body is axisymmetric about the vertical axis, like a vertical cylinder with a rounded bottom, and it is kept in place with a soft mooring system. The experimental results include the first order motion responses, the steady drift motion offset in regular waves and the slowly varying motions due to second order interaction in biharmonic waves. The hydrodynamic problem is solved numerically with a second order boundary element method. The results show a good agreement of the numerical calculations with the experiments.

Drift Forces on a Floating Body of Simple Geometry Due to Second Order Interactions Between Pairs of Harmonics With Different Frequencies

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joa˜o Pessoa ◽  
Nuno Fonseca ◽  
C. Guedes Soares
Keyword(s):  
Vertical Cylinder ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Second Order ◽  
The Body ◽  
Floating Body ◽  
Order Problem ◽  
Simple Geometry ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Order Quantities ◽  
Drift Forces

The paper presents an investigation of the slowly varying second order drift forces on a floating body of simple geometry. The body is axis-symmetric about the vertical axis, like a vertical cylinder with a rounded bottom and a ratio of diameter to draft of 3.25. The hydrodynamic problem is solved with a second order boundary element method. The second order problem is due to interactions between pairs of incident harmonic waves with different frequencies, therefore the calculations are carried out for several difference frequencies with the mean frequency covering the whole frequency range of interest. Results include the surge drift force and pitch drift moment. The results are presented in several stages in order to assess the influence of different phenomena contributing to the global second order responses. Firstly the body is restrained and secondly it is free to move at the wave frequency. The second order results include the contribution associated with quadratic products of first order quantities, the total second order force, and the contribution associated to the free surface forcing.

Theory of Short Wave Excitation

1986 ◽  
Vol 30 (03) ◽  
pp. 147-152
Author(s):  
Yong Kwun Chung
Keyword(s):  
Incident Wave ◽  
Characteristic Length ◽  
Finite Depth ◽  
Short Wave ◽  
The Body ◽  
Wave Number ◽  
Floating Body ◽  
Wave Excitation ◽  
Exciting Forces ◽  
Wave Exciting Forces

When the wavelength of the incident wave is short, the total surface potential on a floating body is found to be 2∅ i & O (m-l∅ i) on the lit surface and O (m-l∅ j) on the shadow surface where ~b i is the potential of the incident wave and m the wave number in water of finite depth. The present approximation for wave exciting forces and moments is reasonably good up to X/L ∅ 1 where h is the wavelength and L the characteristic length of the body.

The Forced Oscillations of Submerged Bodies

2003 ◽  
Vol 125 (4) ◽  
pp. 710-715
Author(s):  
Angel Sanz-Andre´s ◽  
Gonzalo Tevar ◽  
Francisco-Javier Rivas
Keyword(s):  
Rigid Body ◽  
Small Amplitude ◽  
Center Of Mass ◽  
Rigid Body Dynamics ◽  
The Body ◽  
Central Point ◽  
Modal Testing ◽  
Forced Oscillations ◽  
Motion Equations ◽  
Marine Applications

The increasing use of very light structures in aerospace applications are given rise to the need of taking into account the effects of the surrounding media in the motion of a structure (as for instance, in modal testing of solar panels or antennae) as it is usually performed in the motion of bodies submerged in water in marine applications. New methods are in development aiming at to determine rigid-body properties (the center of mass position and inertia properties) from the results of oscillations tests (at low frequencies during modal testing, by exciting the rigid-body modes only) by using the equations of the rigid-body dynamics. As it is shown in this paper, the effect of the surrounding media significantly modifies the oscillation dynamics in the case of light structures and therefore this effect should be taken into account in the development of the above-mentioned methods. The aim of the paper is to show that, if a central point exists for the aerodynamic forces acting on the body, the motion equations for the small amplitude rotational and translational oscillations can be expressed in a form which is a generalization of the motion equations for a body in vacuum, thus allowing to obtain a physical idea of the motion and aerodynamic effects and also significantly simplifying the calculation of the solutions and the interpretation of the results. In the formulation developed here the translational oscillations and the rotational motion around the center of mass are decoupled, as is the case for the rigid-body motion in vacuum, whereas in the classical added mass formulation the six motion equations are coupled. Also in this paper the nonsteady motion of small amplitude of a rigid body submerged in an ideal, incompressible fluid is considered in order to define the conditions for the existence of the central point in the case of a three-dimensional body. The results here presented are also of interest in marine applications.

Large-Amplitude Transient Motion of Two-Dimensional Floating Bodies

1979 ◽  
Vol 23 (01) ◽  
pp. 20-31
Author(s):  
R. B. Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Wave Field ◽  
Large Amplitude ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Motion ◽  
Source Distribution ◽  
Floating Body ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Body Boundary ◽  
Free Mode

A numerical method is presented for solving the transient two-dimensional flow induced by the motion of a floating body. The free-surface equations are linearized, but an exact body boundary condition permits large-amplitude motion of the body. The flow is divided into two parts: the wave field and the impulsive flow required to satisfy the instantaneous body boundary condition. The wave field is represented by a finite sum of harmonics. A nonuniform spacing of the harmonic components gives an efficient representation over specified time and space intervals. The body is represented by a source distribution over the portion of its surface under the static waterline. Two modes of body motion are discussed—a captive mode and a free mode. In the former case, the body motion is specified, and in the latter, it is calculated from the initial conditions and the inertial properties of the body. Two examples are given—water entry of a wedge in the captive mode and motion of a perturbed floating body in the free mode.

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