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On the reflexion of surface waves by a submerged plane barrier

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

W. R. Dean
Affiliation:
Trinity CollegeCambridge

Extract

1. The reflexion of waves on the surface of water by a thin plane vertical barrier is considered and the coefficient of reflexion (the ratio of the amplitudes, at a great distance from the barrier, of the reflected and incident waves) is calculated. If the top edge is at a depth a below the surface, it is found that the coefficient of reflexion is about ¼ when where T is the period of the incident waves, so that the condition that the coefficient may exceed ¼ is a .

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1945

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