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The refraction of head seas by a long ship

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

F. Ursell
F. Ursell
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester, England
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Abstract

It is known that head seas cannot travel without deformation along a horizontal cylinder of full constant cross-section. Calculations are given which indicate that the waves are refracted away from the axis of the cylinder. Similar refraction effects are found for waves generated by a pulsating source on the cylinder, and also for the Kelvin wave pattern generated by a long ship of nearly constant cross-sectiop moving with constant speed in the axial direction.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 67 , Issue 4 , 25 February 1975 , pp. 689 - 703
Copyright
© 1975 Cambridge University Press

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