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Streaming of fluid under a near-bottom membrane

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

H. Allison
H. Allison
Affiliation:
CSIRO, Division of Groundwater Research, Wembley, W.A. 6014. Australia
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Abstract

Experiments are described which show the steady streaming of fluid under a flexible membrane, located near the bottom of a wave basin in shallow water. Circulation of fluid in a closed circuit was thus obtained, and measurements were made of the pressure head and total flow. The phenomenon might be used to extract power from waves at very low efficiency, but the theoretical basis is not yet understood.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 137 , December 1983 , pp. 385 - 392
Copyright
© 1983 Cambridge University Press

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