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A ship's waves and its wake

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

D. H. Peregrine
D. H. Peregrine
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics, University of Bristol
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Abstract

Waves generated at the stern of a ship must travel through the ship's wake. The effect of the mean flow in the wake refracting the waves is calculated by using a much simplified model. It is found that the waves diverging from the stern of a ship may differ considerably from the bow waves, in qualitative agreement with observation.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 49 , Issue 2 , 29 September 1971 , pp. 353 - 360
Copyright
© 1971 Cambridge University Press

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