Abstract: An expression for the nonlinear wave force on a vertical, circular cylindrical member whose diameter is small compared to the incident wavelength is derived from an exact solution to the ...

Abstract: The hydrodynamic properties of a flexible floating breakwater consisting of a membrane structure attached to a small float restrained by moorings are investigated theoretically. The tension in ...

Abstract: Linearized shallow water wave theory is utilized to investigate the interaction of surface waves with a rectangular pit of finite dimensions in water of otherwise uniform depth. The fluid domain is divided into two regions: ...

Abstract: Elastic wave theory is utilized to investigate the influence of interface boundary conditions on the dynamic characteristics of a circular cylindrical structure subjected to steady-state and ...

Abstract: The hydrodynamics of a freely floating compound cylinder consisting of a surface-piercing cylindrical column resting on a larger, concentric cylindrical base are investigated theoretically. Linear ...

Abstract: A Green function approach is utilized to investigate wave interaction with a rectangular pit of finite dimensions in water of otherwise constant depth. The fluid domain is divided into two ...

Abstract: Two‐dimensional elastic wave theory is utilized to investigate the steady‐state dynamic response of a cylindrical structure of elliptic cross section surrounded by an ice sheet of infinite extent. Fixed and frictionless ...

Abstract: The diffraction of small-amplitude surface waves by a horizontally submerged disk of elliptic cross section located at a finite depth beneath the free surface is investigated analytically. The fluid domain is divided into ...

Abstract: An integral equation approach is utilized to investigate the influence of tank walls on the hydrodynamic forces experienced by an arbitrary three-dimensional body situated in a narrow wave tank. ...