Wave Interaction with a Flexible Porous Breakwater in a Two-Layer Fluid
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 132, Issue 9
Abstract
An analysis has been carried out to study the performance of a flexible porous plate breakwater in a two-layer fluid where each fluid is assumed to be of finite depth and the breakwater is extended over the entire water depth. The problem is analyzed in two dimensions with the assumption of small amplitude wave theory and plate response. The effects of both surface and internal waves are taken into account in the present study. The associated mixed boundary value problem is reduced to a linear system of equations by utilizing a more general orthogonal relation along with least squares approximation method. The reflection and transmission coefficients for the surface and internal modes, wave load, and breakwater response are computed for various physical parameters of interest to analyze the efficiency of the flexible porous plate as a breakwater in the two-layer fluid.
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Acknowledgments
One of the writers (P.S.K.) acknowledges the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur for support as a research student. This research work is partially supported by Naval Research Board, New Delhi.
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 132 • Issue 9 • September 2006
Pages: 1007 - 1014
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© 2006 ASCE.
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Received: Aug 6, 2004
Accepted: Feb 14, 2006
Published online: Sep 1, 2006
Published in print: Sep 2006
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Note. Associate Editor: Nikolaos D. Katopodes
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