Waves and wave resistance of thin bodies moving at low speed: the free-surface nonlinear effect

1975 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 405-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Dagan
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Froude Number ◽  
Surface Condition ◽  
Perturbation Expansion ◽  
Wave Resistance ◽  
The Body ◽  
Thin Body ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
First Order ◽  
Flow Past

The linearized theory of free-surface gravity flow past submerged or floating bodies is based on a perturbation expansion of the velocity potential in the slenderness parameter e with the Froude number F kept fixed. It is shown that, although the free-wave amplitude and the associated wave resistance tend to zero as F → 0, the linearized solution is not uniform in this limit: the ratio between the second- and first-order terms becomes unbounded as F → 0 with ε fixed. This non-uniformity (called ‘the second Froude number paradox’ in previous work) is related to the nonlinearity of the free-surface condition. Criteria for uniformity of the thin-body expansion, combining ε and F, are derived for two-dimensional flows. These criteria depend on the shape of the leading (and trailing) edge: as the shape becomes finer the linearized solution becomes valid for smaller F.Uniform first-order approximations for two-dimensional flow past submerged bodies are derived with the aid of the method of co-ordinate straining. The straining leads to an apparent displacement of the most singular points of the body contour (the leading and trailing edges for a smooth shape) and, therefore, to an apparent change in the effective Froude number.

Two-dimensional free-surface gravity flow past blunt bodies

1972 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 529-543 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Dagan ◽  
M. P. Tulin
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Froude Number ◽  
The Body ◽  
Surface Gravity ◽  
Gravity Flow ◽  
Breaking Wave ◽  
Infinite Length ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Flow Past ◽  
Outer Expansion

Most of the wave resistance of blunt bow displacement ships is caused by the bow-breaking wave. A theoretical study of the phenomenon for the two-dimensional steady flow past a blunt body of semi-infinite length is presented. The exact equations of free-surface gravity flow are solved approximately by two perturbation expansions. The small Froude number solution, representing the flow beneath an unbroken free surface before the body, is carried out to second order. The breaking of the free surface is assumed to be related to a local Taylor instability, and the application of the stability criterion determines the value of the critical Froude number which characterizes breaking. The high Froude number solution is based on the model of a jet detaching from the bow and not returning to the flow field. The outer expansion of the equations yields the linearized gravity flow equations, which are solved by the Wiener-Hopf technique. The inner expansion gives a nonlinear gravity-free flow in the vicinity of the bow a t zero order. The matching of the inner and outer expansions provides the jet thickness as well as the associated drag.

Lifting Effects for Wave Resistance or Sea-Keeping Calculations

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Philippe Boin ◽  
Michel Guilbaud ◽  
Malick Ba
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Green Function ◽  
Surface Condition ◽  
The Body ◽  
Source Distribution ◽  
Diffraction Radiation ◽  
First Order ◽  
Wigley Hull ◽  
The Green Function ◽  
Sailing Boat

We present the introduction of lifting effects in a code of calculation [1–3] based on a first order panel method using the diffraction-radiation with forward speed Green function satisfying a linearised free-surface condition and the radiation one. A mixed formulation has been used with a source distribution on the hull and a doublet one on the plane of symmetry and the wake of lifting parts of the body, leading to an integral equation derived from the 3 rd Green identity. The Green function and its derivatives are not computed but are directly integrated on elementary panels, segments or semi-infinite strips. Results are presented for semi-submerged ellipsoid, rectangular surface-piercing bodies, Wigley hull, Series 60 ship, sailing boat and military 5415 hull. Global forces, moments but also free surface elevations are compared with the results of other methods and with measurements, either in steady or in unsteady flows in the frequency domain.

Two-dimensional subsonic and sonic flow past thin bodies

1957 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. B. Helliwell ◽  
A. G. Mackie
Keyword(s):  
Complex Analysis ◽  
Free Stream ◽  
Present Theory ◽  
The Body ◽  
Sonic Velocity ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
First Order ◽  
Flow Past ◽  
Sonic Flow

Hodograph methods are applied to determine the flow at high subsonic and sonic velocities past two-dimensional, thin, symmetrical bodies. The boundary value problem for the determination of the stream function Ψ, which in the present theory is a solution of Tricomi's equation, is simplified by the assumption of a free stream breakaway at sonic velocity from the shoulder of the body. A solution is obtained in terms of Bessel functions.In § 2 and 3 the flow past a wedge of small angle is discussed and expressions are obtained for the pressure on the nose, the drag coefficient and the width of the wake. A comparison with the corresponding results in the case of sonic velocity derived by the more complex analysis of Guderley & Yoshihara (1950) shows that the present simpler theory yields very similar values for the pressure over the nose.In § 4 the flow at sonic velocity past a profile which is a first-order perturbation upon a wedge profile is analysed on the basis of the same free streamline theory. The flow pattern is obtained past an arbitrarily specified body by an application of the Hankel inversion theorem and an expression is deduced for the drag.

The effect of non-linearity at the free surface on flow past a submerged cylinder

1965 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 401-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. O. Tuck
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Surface Condition ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Order Effects ◽  
Surface Boundary ◽  
First Order ◽  
Flow Past ◽  
Free Surface Boundary Condition ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Wave Induced

Plane potential flow past a circular cylinder beneath a free surface under gravity is investigated in order to determine the importance or otherwise of non-linear effects from the free-surface boundary condition. It is shown that non-linear second-order corrections to the first-order linearized expressions for the wave-induced forces on the cylinder are considerably larger than second-order effects which are present even with a linear free-surface condition. Further evidence for the importance of non-linearity is presented in the form of streamline plots of the first-order solution showing strange behaviour at wave crests.

scholarly journals Bubbles rising in an inclined two-dimensional tube and jets falling along a wall

1998 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 332-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Lee ◽  
J.-M. Vanden-Broeck
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Free Surface ◽  
Froude Number ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Surface Condition ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Left Wall ◽  
Free Surface Condition ◽  
Inclined Tube ◽  
The Right

AbstractThe motion of a two-dimensional bubble rising at a constant velocity U in an inclined tube of width H is considered. The bubble extends downwards without limit, and is bounded on the right by a wall of the tube, and on the left by a free surface. The same flow configuration describes also a jet emerging from a nozzle and falling down along an inclined wall. The acceleration of gravity g and the surface tension T are included in the free surface condition. The problem is characterized by the Froude number the angle β between the left wall and the horizontal, and the angle γ between the free surface and the right wall at the separation point. Numerical solutions are obtained via series truncation for all values of 0 < β < π. The results extend previous calculations of Vanden-Broeck [12–14] for β = π/2 and of Couët and Strumolo [3] for 0 < β < π/2. It is found that the behavior of the solutions depends on whether 0 < β 2π/3 or 2π/3 ≤ β < π. When T = 0, it is shown that there is a critical value F of Froude number for each 0 < β 2π/3 such that solutions with γ = 0, π/3 and π - β occur for F > Fc F = Fc and F < Fc respectively, and that all solutions are characterized by γ = 0 for 2π/3 ≤ β < π. When a small amount of surface tension T is included in the free surface condition, it is found that for each 0 < β < π there exists an infinite discrete set of values of F for which γ = π - β. A particular value F* of the Froude number for which T = 0 and γ = π - β is selected by taking the limit as T approaches zero. The numerical values of F* and the corresponding free surface profiles are found to be in good agreement with experimental data for bubbles rising in an inclined tube when 0 < β < π/2.

Nonlinear free-surface flow at a two-dimensional bow

1989 ◽  
Vol 209 ◽  
pp. 57-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Grosenbaugh ◽  
Ronald W. Yeung
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Froude Number ◽  
Stagnation Point ◽  
Free Surface Flow ◽  
Surface Flow ◽  
The Body ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Bow Wave ◽  
Bulbous Bow ◽  
Nonlinear Free Surface

Unsteady free-surface flow at the bow of a steadily moving, two-dimensional body is solved using a modified Eulerian-Lagrangian technique. Lagrangian marker particles are distributed on both the free surface and the far-field boundary. The flow field corresponding to an inviscid, double-body solution is used for the initial condition. Solutions are obtained over a range of Froude numbers for bodies of three different shapes: a vertical step, a faired profile, and a bulbous bow. A transition Froude number exists at which the bow wave begins to overturn and break. The value of the transition Froude number depends on the bow shape. A stagnation point is observed to be present below the free surface during the initial stage of the wave formation. For flows occurring above the transition Froude number, the stagnation point remains trapped below the free surface as the wave overturns. Below the transition Froude number, the stagnation point rises to the surface as the crest of the transient bow wave moves upstream and away from the body.

Minimising wave drag for free surface flow past a two-dimensional stern

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 072101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osama Ogilat ◽  
Scott W. McCue ◽  
Ian W. Turner ◽  
John A. Belward ◽  
Benjamin J. Binder
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Free Surface Flow ◽  
Wave Drag ◽  
Surface Flow ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Flow Past

A Slender-Ship Theory of Wave Resistance

1983 ◽  
Vol 27 (01) ◽  
pp. 13-33
Author(s):  
Francis Noblesse
Keyword(s):  
Froude Number ◽  
Wave Resistance ◽  
Successive Approximations ◽  
Zeroth Order ◽  
Remarkable Effect ◽  
Ship Wave ◽  
First Order ◽  
Wigley Hull ◽  
Low Froude Number ◽  
The Waves

A new slender-ship theory of wave resistance is presented. Specifically, a sequence of explicit slender-ship wave-resistance approximations is obtained. These approximations are associated with successive approximations in a slender-ship iterative procedure for solving a new (nonlinear integro-differential) equation for the velocity potential of the flow caused by the ship. The zeroth, first, and second-order slender-ship approximations are given explicitly and examined in some detail. The zeroth-order slender-ship wave-resistance approximation, r(0) is obtained by simply taking the (disturbance) potential, ϕ, as the trivial zeroth-order slender-ship approximation ϕ(0) = 0 in the expression for the Kochin free-wave amplitude function; the classical wave-resistance formulas of Michell [1]2 and Hogner [2] correspond to particular cases of this simple approximation. The low-speed wave-resistance formulas proposed by Guevel [3], Baba [4], Maruo [5], and Kayo [6] are essentially equivalent (for most practical purposes) to the first-order slender-ship low-Froude-number approximation, rlF(1), which is a particular case of the first-order slender-ship approximation r(1): specifically, the first-order slender-ship wave-resistance approximation r(1) is obtained by approximating the potential ϕ in the expression for the Kochin function by the first-order slender-ship potential ϕ1 whereas the low-Froude-number approximation rlF(1) is associated with the zero-Froude-number limit ϕ0(1) of the potentialϕ(1). A major difference between the first-order slender-ship potential ϕ(1) and its zero-Froude-number limit ϕ0(1) resides in the waves that are included in the potential ϕ(1) but are ignored in the zero-Froude-number potential ϕ0(1). Results of calculations by C. Y. Chen for the Wigley hull show that the waves in the potential ϕ(1) have a remarkable effect upon the wave resistance, in particular causing a large phase shift of the wave-resistance curve toward higher values of the Froude number. As a result, the first-order slender-ship wave-resistance approximation in significantly better agreement with experimental data than the low-Froude-number approximation rlF(1) and the approximations r(0) and rM.

Nonlinear Aspects of Subcritical Shallow-Water Flow Past Two-Dimensional Obstructions

1978 ◽  
Vol 22 (04) ◽  
pp. 203-211
Author(s):  
Nils Salvesen ◽  
C. von Kerczek
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Shallow Water ◽  
Flow Problem ◽  
Free Stream ◽  
The Body ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Submerged Body ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Waves

Some nonlinear aspects of the two-dimensional problem of a submerged body moving with constant speed in otherwise undisturbed water of uniform depth are considered. It is shown that a theory of Benjamin which predicts a uniform rise of the free surface ahead of the body and the lowering of the mean level of the waves behind it agrees well with experimental data. The local steady-flow problem is solved by a numerical method which satisfies the exact free-surface conditions. Third-order perturbation formulas for the downstream free waves are also presented. It is found that in sufficiently shallow water, the wavelength increases with increasing disturbance strength for fixed values of the free-stream-Froude number. This is opposite to the deepwater case where the wavelength decreases with increasing disturbance strength.

Oscillatory Third-Order Perturbation Solutions for Sums of Interacting Long-Crested Stokes Waves on Deep Water

1993 ◽  
Vol 37 (04) ◽  
pp. 354-383
Author(s):  
Willard J. Pierson
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Perturbation Expansion ◽  
The United States ◽  
Order Perturbation ◽  
Naval Academy ◽  
Third Order ◽  
First Order ◽  
Stokes Waves ◽  
Perturbation Solutions

Oscillatory third-order perturbation solutions for sums of interacting long-crested Stokes waves on deep water are obtained. A third-order perturbation expansion of the nonlinear free boundary value problem, defined by the coupled Bernoulli equation and kinematic boundary condition evaluated at the free surface, is solved by replacing the exponential term in the potential function by its series expansion and substituting the equation for the free surface into it. There are second-order changes in the frequencies of the first-order terms at third order. The waves have a Stokes-like form when they are high. The phase speeds are a function of the amplitudes and wave numbers of all of the first-order terms. The solutions are illustrated. A preliminary experiment at the United States Naval Academy is described. Some applications to sea keeping are bow submergence and slamming, capsizing in following seas and bending moments.

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