Diffraction of surface waves on an incompressible fluid

1965 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. E. Williams

The problem considered is that of the diffraction of the field of a point source in a fluid of infinite depth by an infinite vertical cylinder. It is shown that the surface wave component of the velocity potential may be expressed in terms of the solution to a classical electromagnetic (or acoustic) diffraction problem.

1995 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. D. Bhatta ◽  
M. Rahman

Wave forces and moments due to scattering and radiation for a vertical circular cylinder heaving in water of finite depth are derived analytically. These are derived from the total velocity potential which can be decomposed as two velocity potentials; one due to scattering in the presence of an incident wave on fixed structure (diffraction problem), and the other due to radiation by the heave motion on calm water (radiation problem). For each part, the velocity potential is derived by considering two regions, namely, interior region and exterior region. The complex matrix equations are solved numerically to determine the unknown coefficients to compute the wave loads. Some numerical results are presented for different depth to radius and draft to radius ratios.


1985 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-125
Author(s):  
Birendranath Mandel ◽  
Sudip Kumar Goswami

A train of surface waves is normally incident on a half immersed circular cylinder in a fluid of finite depth. Assuming the linearized theory of fluid under gravity an integral equation for the scattered velocity potential on the half immersed surface of the cylinder is obtained. It has not been found possible to solve this in closed form even for infinite depth of fluid. Our purpose is to obtain the asymptotic effect of finite depth “h” on the transmission and reflection coefficients when the depth is large. It is shown that the corrections to be added to the infinite depth results of these coefficients can be expressed as algebraic series in powers ofa/hstarting with(a/h)2where “a” is the radius of the circular cylinder. It is also shown that the coefficients of(a/h)2in these corrections do not vanish identically.


Geophysics ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
pp. A69-A73 ◽  
Author(s):  
David F. Halliday ◽  
Andrew Curtis ◽  
Johan O. A. Robertsson ◽  
Dirk-Jan van Manen

The removal of surface waves (ground roll) from land seismic data is critical in seismic processing because these waves tend to mask informative body-wave arrivals. Removal becomes difficult when surface waves are scattered, and data quality is often impaired. We apply a method of seismic interferometry, using both sources and receivers at the surface, to estimate the surface-wave component of the Green’s function between any two points. These estimates are subtracted adaptively from seismic survey data, providing a new method of ground-roll removal that is not limited to nonscattering regions.


2017 ◽  
Vol 826 ◽  
pp. 97-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos A. Galeano-Rios ◽  
Paul A. Milewski ◽  
J.-M. Vanden-Broeck

We present a fully predictive model for the impact of a smooth, convex and perfectly hydrophobic solid onto the free surface of an incompressible fluid bath of infinite depth in a regime where surface tension is important. During impact, we impose natural kinematic constraints along the portion of the fluid interface that is pressed by the solid. This provides a mechanism for the generation of linear surface waves and simultaneously yields the pressure applied on the impacting masses. The model compares remarkably well with data of the impact of spheres and bouncing droplet experiments, and is completely free of any of impact parametrisation.


1971 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 899-905 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. B. Freund

Three-dimensional wave propagation in an elastic half space is considered. The half space is traction free on half its boundary, while the remaining part of the boundary is free of shear traction and is constrained against normal displacement by a smooth, rigid barrier. A time-harmonic surface wave, traveling on the traction free part of the surface, is obliquely incident on the edge of the barrier. The amplitude and the phase of the resulting reflected surface wave are determined by means of Laplace transform methods and the Wiener-Hopf technique. Wave propagation in an elastic half space in contact with two rigid, smooth barriers is then considered. The barriers are arranged so that a strip on the surface of uniform width is traction free, which forms a wave guide for surface waves. Results of the surface wave reflection problem are then used to geometrically construct dispersion relations for the propagation of unattenuated guided surface waves in the guiding structure. The rate of decay of body wave disturbances, localized near the edges of the guide, is discussed.


Geophysics ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 76 (6) ◽  
pp. V115-V128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ning Wu ◽  
Yue Li ◽  
Baojun Yang

To remove surface waves from seismic records while preserving other seismic events of interest, we introduced a transform and a filter based on recent developments in image processing. The transform can be seen as a weighted Radon transform, in particular along linear trajectories. The weights in the transform are data dependent and designed to introduce large amplitude differences between surface waves and other events such that surface waves could be separated by a simple amplitude threshold. This is a key property of the filter and distinguishes this approach from others, such as conventional ones that use information on moveout ranges to apply a mask in the transform domain. Initial experiments with synthetic records and field data have demonstrated that, with the appropriate parameters, the proposed trace transform filter performs better both in terms of surface wave attenuation and reflected signal preservation than the conventional methods. Further experiments on larger data sets are needed to fully assess the method.


2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 1053-1075 ◽  
Author(s):  
Je-Yuan Hsu ◽  
Ren-Chieh Lien ◽  
Eric A. D’Asaro ◽  
Thomas B. Sanford

AbstractSeven subsurface Electromagnetic Autonomous Profiling Explorer (EM-APEX) floats measured the voltage induced by the motional induction of seawater under Typhoon Fanapi in 2010. Measurements were processed to estimate high-frequency oceanic velocity variance associated with surface waves. Surface wave peak frequency fp and significant wave height Hs are estimated by a nonlinear least squares fitting to , assuming a broadband JONSWAP surface wave spectrum. The Hs is further corrected for the effects of float rotation, Earth’s geomagnetic field inclination, and surface wave propagation direction. The fp is 0.08–0.10 Hz, with the maximum fp of 0.10 Hz in the rear-left quadrant of Fanapi, which is ~0.02 Hz higher than in the rear-right quadrant. The Hs is 6–12 m, with the maximum in the rear sector of Fanapi. Comparing the estimated fp and Hs with those assuming a single dominant surface wave yields differences of more than 0.02 Hz and 4 m, respectively. The surface waves under Fanapi simulated in the WAVEWATCH III (ww3) model are used to assess and compare to float estimates. Differences in the surface wave spectra of JONSWAP and ww3 yield uncertainties of <5% outside Fanapi’s eyewall and >10% within the eyewall. The estimated fp is 10% less than the simulated before the passage of Fanapi’s eye and 20% less after eye passage. Most differences between Hs and simulated are <2 m except those in the rear-left quadrant of Fanapi, which are ~5 m. Surface wave estimates are important for guiding future model studies of tropical cyclone wave–ocean interactions.


In this paper we examine two-dimensional short surface waves in water of infinite depth produced by various modes of oscillation of a half-immersed circular cylinder. The usual method, which depends on finding the potential on the cylinder from an integral equation with a small kernel, is here replaced by one that uses instead the known value of the potential for incident waves in the presence of the fixed cylinder. Thus we are able to determine three-term asymptotic expansions for both the heaving and the swaying modes that improve on earlier forms, and, for the heaving mode, to refine the interpolation with previous numerical calculations and confirm in principle the result obtained elsewhere by a plausible argument. The rolling mode also can actually be included by superposition of the heaving and swaying modes for this cylinder.


Geophysics ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-84
Author(s):  
Chunying Yang ◽  
Wenchuang Wang

Irregular acquisition geometry causes discontinuities in the appearance of surface wave events, and a large offset causes seismic records to appear as aliased surface waves. The conventional method of sampling data affects the accuracy of the dispersion spectrum and reduces the resolution of surface waves. At the same time, ”mode kissing” of the low-velocity layer and inhomogeneous scatterers requires a high-resolution method for calculating surface wave dispersion. This study tested the use of the multiple signal classification (MUSIC) algorithm in 3D multichannel and aliased wavefield separation. Azimuthal MUSIC is a useful method to estimate the phase velocity spectrum of aliased surface wave data, and it represent the dispersion spectra of low-velocity and inhomogeneous models. The results of this study demonstrate that mode-kissing affects dispersion imaging, and inhomogeneous scatterers change the direction of surface-wave propagation. Surface waves generated from the new propagation directions are also dispersive. The scattered surface wave has a new dispersion pattern different to that of the entire record. Diagonal loading was introduced to improve the robustness of azimuthal MUSIC, and numerical experiments demonstrate the resultant effectiveness of imaging aliasing surface waves. A phase-matched filter was applied to the results of azimuthal MUSIC, and phase iterations were unwrapped in a fast and stable manner. Aliased surface waves and body waves were separated during this process. Overall, field data demonstrate that azimuthal MUSIC and phase-matched filters can successfully separate aliased surface waves.


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