Trapping modes in the theory of surface waves

1951 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 347-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Ursell
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Circular Cylinder ◽  
Total Energy ◽  
Surface Waves ◽  
Radiation Condition ◽  
Finite Width ◽  
Energy Trapping ◽  
Sloping Beach ◽  
The Waves

ABSTRACTIt is shown that a mass of fluid bounded by fixed surfaces and by a free surface of infinite extent may be capable of vibrating under gravity in a mode (called a trapping mode) containing finite total energy. Trapping modes appear to be peculiar to the theory of surface waves; it is known that there are no trapping modes in the theory of sound. Two trapping modes are constructed: (1) a mode on a sloping beach in a semi-infinite canal of finite width, (2) a mode near a submerged circular cylinder in an infinite canal of finite width. The existence of trapping modes shows that in general a radiation condition for the waves at infinity is insufficient for uniqueness.

Linear and non-linear potential-flow calculations of free-surface waves with lift and induced drag

2000 ◽  
Vol 214 (6) ◽  
pp. 801-812
Author(s):  
C-E Janson
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Potential Flow ◽  
Lift Force ◽  
Radiation Condition ◽  
Linear Potential ◽  
Surface Boundary ◽  
Model Approximation ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Lifting Surfaces ◽  
The Waves

A potential-flow panel method is used to compute the waves and the lift force from surface-piercing and submerged bodies. In particular the interaction between the waves and the lift produced close to the free surface is studied. Both linear and non-linear free-surface boundary conditions are considered. The potential-flow method is of Rankine-source type using raised source panels on the free surface and a four-point upwind operator to compute the velocity derivatives and to enforce the radiation condition. The lift force is introduced as a dipole distribution on the lifting surfaces and on the trailing wake, together with a flow tangency condition at the trailing edge of the lifting surface. Different approximations for the spanwise circulation distribution at the free surface were tested for a surface-piercing wing and it was concluded that a double-model approximation should be used for low speeds while a single-model, which allows for a vortex at the free surface, was preferred at higher speeds. The lift force and waves from three surface-piercing wings, a hydrofoil and a sailing yacht were computed and compared with measurements and good agreement was obtained.

The generation of surface waves over a sloping beach by an oscillating line source

1976 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 573-585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare A. N. Morris
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Surface Waves ◽  
Line Source ◽  
Short Wave ◽  
Long Waves ◽  
Edge Waves ◽  
Wave Regime ◽  
Wave Solutions ◽  
Sloping Beach

AbstractA line source whose strength varies sinusoidally with time and also with the co-ordinate measured along its length is situated parallel to the shoreline of a beach of angle ¼π0. Both long-and short-wave solutions are found. It is shown that for certain positions of the source, long waves are not radiated to infinity, while in the short-wave regime, the solutions take the form of edge-waves, with resonances occurring at certain wavenumbers. Computations of the free-surface contours are presented for a range of wavenumbers.

The generation of surface waves over a sloping beach by an oscillating line-source. II. The existence of wave-free source positions

1974 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 555-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare A. N. Morris
Keyword(s):  
Surface Waves ◽  
Line Source ◽  
Sloping Beach ◽  
The Waves

AbstractAn expression is obtained for the amplitude of the waves radiated to infinity by a line source of sinusoidally-varying strength situated in water over a beach of angle α (0 < α ≤ π). It is shown that, for certain positions of the source, this amplitude is zero. Equations for the loci of these positions, and approximations to their solutions in particular cases, are derived.

scholarly journals Waves’ Numerical Dispersion and Damping due to Discrete Dispersion Relation

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Babak Ommani ◽  
Odd M. Faltinsen
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Dispersion Relation ◽  
Surface Waves ◽  
Boundary Integral ◽  
Panel Method ◽  
Numerical Dispersion ◽  
Finite Difference Schemes ◽  
Rankine Panel Method ◽  
Free Surface Waves ◽  
The Waves

In linear Rankine panel method, the discrete linear dispersion relation is solved on a discrete free-surface to capture the free-surface waves generated due to wave-body interactions. Discretization introduces numerical damping and dispersion, which depend on the discretization order and the chosen methods for differentiation in time and space. The numerical properties of a linear Rankine panel method, based on a direct boundary integral formulation, for capturing two and three dimensional free-surface waves were studied. Different discretization orders and differentiation methods were considered, focusing on the linear distribution and finite difference schemes. The possible sources for numerical instabilities were addressed. A series of cases with and without forward speed was selected, and numerical investigations are presented. For the waves in three dimensions, the influence of the panels’ aspect ratio and the waves’ angle were considered. It has been shown that using the cancellation effects of different differentiation schemes the accuracy of the numerical method could be improved.

scholarly journals The method of images in some problems of surface waves

1927 ◽  
Vol 115 (771) ◽  
pp. 268-280 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Circular Cylinder ◽  
Surface Waves ◽  
Unit Length ◽  
Wave Length ◽  
Fluid Motion ◽  
Degree Of Approximation ◽  
Image Point ◽  
Horizontal Line ◽  
Image System

1. When a circular cylinder is submerged in a uniform stream, the surface elevation may be calculated, to a first approximation, by a method due originally to Lamb for this case, and later extended to bodies of more general form: the method consists in replacing the cylinder by the equivalent doublet at its centre and then finding the fluid motion due to this doublet. In discussing the problem some years ago, I remarked that if the solution so obtained were interpreted in terms of an image system of sources, we should then be able to proceed to further approximations by the method of successive images, taking images alternately in the surface of the submerged body and in the free surface of the stream. This is effected in the following paper for two-dimensional fluid motion, and the method is applied to the circular cylinder. It provides, theoretically at least, a process for obtaining any required degree of approximation but, of course, the expressions soon become very complicated. It is, however, of interest to examine some cases numerically so as to obtain some idea of the degree of approximation of the first stage. An expression is first obtained for the velocity potential of the fluid motion due to a doublet at a given depth below the surface of a stream, the doublet being of given magnitude with its axis in any direction. A transformation of this expression then gives a simple interpretation in terms of an image system. This system consists of a certain isolated doublet at the image point above the free surface, together with a line distribution of doublets on a horizontal line to the rear of this point; the moment per unit length of the line distribution is constant, but the direction of the axis rotates as we pass along the line, the period of a revolution being equal to the wave-length of surface waves for the velocity of the stream. The contribution of each part of the image system to the surface disturbance is indicated.

scholarly journals Capillary damping of inviscid surface waves in a circular cylinder

2009 ◽  
Vol 627 ◽  
pp. 323-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. KIDAMBI
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Circular Cylinder ◽  
Surface Waves ◽  
Contact Line ◽  
Simple Procedure ◽  
Edge Condition ◽  
Complex Frequency ◽  
Moving Contact Line ◽  
Moving Contact ◽  
Static Contact

We consider the effect of a wetting condition at the moving contact line on the frequency and damping of surface waves on an inviscid liquid in a circular cylinder. The velocity potential φ and the free surface elevation η are sought as complex eigenfunction expansions. The φ eigenvalues are the classical ones whereas the η eigenvalues are unknown and have to be computed so as to satisfy the wetting condition on the contact line and the other free surface conditions – these turn out to be complex in general. A projection of the latter conditions on to an appropriate basis leads to an eigenvalue problem, for the complex frequency Ω, which has to be solved iteratively with the wetting condition. The variation of Ω with liquid depth h, Bond number Bo, capillary coefficient λ and static contact angle θc0 is explored for the (1, 0),(2, 0),(0, 1),(3, 0) and (4, 0) modes. The damping vanishes for λ = 0 (pinned-end edge condition) and λ = ∞ (free-end edge condition) with a maximum in the interior while the frequency decreases with increasing λ, approaching limiting values at the endpoints. A comparison with the analytic results of Miles (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 222, 1991, p. 197) for the no-meniscus case and the experimental results of Cocciaro, Faetti, & Festa (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 246, 1993, p. 43), where a meniscus is present, is good. The study provides a simple procedure for calculating the inviscid capillary damping associated with the moving contact line in a circular cylinder of finite depth with meniscus effects also being considered.

Seismic waves in a wedge

1975 ◽  
Vol 65 (6) ◽  
pp. 1697-1719
Author(s):  
Z. Alterman ◽  
R. Nathaniel
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Surface Waves ◽  
Particle Motion ◽  
Seismic Waves ◽  
Wedge Angle ◽  
Compressional Wave ◽  
Elastic Wedge ◽  
Compressional Wave Velocity ◽  
Quarter Plane ◽  
The Waves

abstract The equations for elastic-wave propagation caused by an explosive point source are solved, by a finite difference scheme, for the case of an elastic wedge, with free boundary. Varying the wedge angle shows that the amplitude of the motion, at the corner, increases as the wedge angle is decreased. The results indicate that for wedges with angles varying from 0° to 180°, the amplitude decreases with decreasing β/α (shear- to compressional-wave velocity). The corner of the wedge generates surface waves and the elliptical particle motion in the waves is analyzed. The particle motion is elliptic and the major axes of the ellipses are inclined at half the wedge angle to the free surface. The surface wave travels to the corner from where it is “transmitted” and reflected. Surface waves are shifted by 180° - θ after transmission. For the case of a quarter plane, we get the same result as Alterman and Loewenthal (1970).

The effect of surface tension on the waves produced by a heaving circular cylinder

1968 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 833-847 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. V. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Free Surface ◽  
Circular Cylinder ◽  
Water Waves ◽  
Wave Amplitude ◽  
Velocity Potential ◽  
Linearized Theory ◽  
The Waves ◽  
Energy Argument ◽  
Effect Of Surface

AbstractIn this paper the effect of surface tension on water waves is considered. The usual assumptions of the linearized theory are made. A uniqueness theorem is derived for the waves at infinity for a general class of bounded two-dimensional obstacles in a free surface by means of an energy argument. It is shown how the wave amplitude at infinity depends on the prescribed angle at which the free surface meets the normal to the obstacle. The particular case of a heaving half-immersed circular cylinder is considered in detail, and an expression obtained for the velocity potential in terms of a convergent infinite series, the coefficients of which may be computed.

Capillary–gravity waves produced by a wavemaker

1991 ◽  
Vol 224 ◽  
pp. 217-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. M. Hocking ◽  
D. Mahdmina
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Contact Angle ◽  
Free Surface ◽  
Surface Waves ◽  
Gravity Waves ◽  
Contact Line ◽  
Dynamic Properties ◽  
Transient Motion ◽  
Infinite Depth ◽  
The Waves

Surface waves in a channel can be produced by the horizontal motion of a plane wavemaker at one end of the channel. The amplitude and the frequency of the waves depend on both surface tension and gravity, as well as on the condition imposed at the contact line between the free surface and the wavemaker. Some of the previous work on the generation of capillary–gravity waves has been based on the unjustified assumption that the slope of the free surface at the contact line can be prescribed. A more acceptable condition is one that relates the slope to the motion of the contact line relative to the wavemaker; in this way the dynamic properties of the contact angle can be incorporated. The waves generated by a plane wavemaker in fluid of infinite depth and in fluid of a depth equal to that of the wavemaker are determined. An important reason for including surface tension is that in its absence the transient motion initiated by an impulsive start is singular; when surface tension is included this singularity is removed.

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