Exciting forces and overturning moment on submerged coaxial cylindrical plates in water
摘要
In the present study, we consider a submerged composite geometrical shape in water which contains two cylindrical plates of finite depth. The present problem of diffraction of these composite structures approach theoretically under the assumption of linear water wave theory. We use eigenfunction expansion method and separation of variable method to obtain an analytical expression of diffracted velocity potential for each region. The analytical expression also allows us to compute the exciting forces and overturning moment of the cylinders due to diffraction. Also, the theoretical results are presented graphically for various parameters of the proposed geometrical structure. The graphs of vertical and horizontal forces and moment have shown significant behaviour within the smaller value of wavenumbers. Further, the forces and moments diminish for higher value of wavenumber. A comparison with the result given by Yao et al. [