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Wave Induced Pressures On Submerged Plates, William W. Durgin, Jong C. Shiau Feb 1975

Wave Induced Pressures On Submerged Plates, William W. Durgin, Jong C. Shiau

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The prediction of forces, or more precisely, the pressure distributions, experienced by submerged structures due to the passage of gravity waves has become important with the advent of large offshore structures. If the size of a structure is small compared to the wavelength then the forces can be evaluated by the assignment of suitable drag and inertia coefficients using an approach similar to that of Morison (6) in which case it is necessary to determine the coefficients experimentally for any given geometry (2). If the size of the structure is a significant fraction of the wavelength, the preceding method is …


On The Phenomenon Of Vortex Street Breakdown, William W. Durgin, Sture K.F. Karlsson Jan 1971

On The Phenomenon Of Vortex Street Breakdown, William W. Durgin, Sture K.F. Karlsson

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A von Kármán vortex street generated in the usual way was subjected to a deceleration, thereby changing the ratio of longitudinal to lateral spacing between the vortices. Distortion of the individual vortices followed which resulted in annihilation of concentrated vortex regions and creation of a stationary wake flow. This wake flow was itself dynamically unstable and developed into a new vortex street of a different frequency from the initial one. The breakdown of the initial vortex street is qualitatively explained by considering the convection of a concentrated vortex region due to the motion imposed by all the other vortices.