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Streaming of fluid under a near-bottom membrane
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 April 2006
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.
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