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The effect of a submerged barrier on the natural freqencies and radiation damping of a shallow basin connected to open water

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

E. O. Tuck
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Adelaide, AdelaideSouth Australia 5000
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Abstract

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A theory is provided for the natural seiching frequencies and radiative decay rates for a shallow-water basin whose connection to open water is restricted by a submerged wall or reef. The transition from an essentially-open basin to a closed basin, as the aperture reduces to zero, is discussed using a matching procedure. Graphs of frequencies and damping factors as functions of aperture size are obtained for idealized two-dimensional shelf configurations, involving a constant-depth shallow basin connected to constant-depth, but not necessarily shallow, open water.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1980

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