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Flow around a thin body moving in shallow water.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2006

Chiang C. Mei
Chiang C. Mei
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
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Abstract

Approximations for shallow-water ship waves are sought which are valid near the critical speed U = (gh)1/2. For sufficiently thin bodies (struts or ships) the governing equation is dispersive. Simple analytic solutions are given which are valid for all F2 ≤ O(1). As the thickness increases, nonlinearity also enters. A soliton solution is discussed which applies to a sharp-nosed half-body at slightly supercritical speed.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 77 , Issue 4 , 22 October 1976 , pp. 737 - 751
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© 1976 Cambridge University Press

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