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The absorption of wave energy by a three-dimensional submerged duct

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

J. R. Thomas
J. R. Thomas
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TW
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Abstract

It has been shown (Evans 1976) that the power absorbed by a general, axisymmetric body depends solely upon the added-mass and damping coefficients. These coefficients are fundamental properties of the body, representing the component of the force on the body proportional to the acceleration and velocity of the body respectively in the radiation problem, where the body is forced to oscillate in the absence of incoming waves.

In the present paper these coefficients are determined by solution of the radiation problem, for a mouth-upward cylindrical duct situated on the sea bed and fitted with a piston undergoing forced oscillations. The added-mass and damping coefficients are then used to study the power absorption properties of the duct when the power take-off is modelled by a linear-spring–dashpot system attached to the piston. Curves of the added mass, damping coefficients and absorption length (a measure of the power absorbed) as functions of wavenumber are presented, for different duct diameters and different depths of submergence.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 104 , March 1981 , pp. 189 - 215
Copyright
© 1981 Cambridge University Press

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