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INTRODUCTION
wave t h e o r i e s .
CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING THE VALIDITIES OF WAVE THEORIES
^ a for
assessing t h e v a l i d i t i e s o f v a r i o u s a v a i l a b l e wave t h e o r i e s .
_;ntiation
The t h e o r e t i c a l wave l i t e r a t u r e p r e s e n t s v e r y l i t t l e
inf<^-^
-^3.6 wave
p e r t a i n i n g t o the r e l a t i v e a p p l i c a b i l i t y o f the various a v a i l ^ * - ^
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f o r s e v e r a l o f t h e wave t h e o r i e s , however a l l o f t h e a v a i l a b l e t h e o r i e s
a t t e m p t t o d i s c u s s , i n h i s s h o r t p r e s e n t a t i o n , h i s b a s i s f o r assessii>S
the v a l i d i t i e s o f t h e v a r i o u s t h e o r i e s .
Nov. 1961;.
Feb. 19$h.
Pasadena, C a l i f o r n i a , 1962
^Masch, F. D., and Wiegel, R. L., "Cnoidal Waves, Tables o f F t * * * * ' * ^ ' " ^ ^ " '
ïchmond
P u b l i s h e d b y C o u n c i l on Wave Research, The Engineering Foundation,
C a l i f o r n i a , 1961.
"^Munk, W. H.,
H. "The S o l i t a r y Wave and I t s A p p l i c a t i o n t o S u r f p - r r r o b l e m s
a b l e f o r j u d g i n g t h e r e l a t i v e m e r i t s o f , say, t h e h i g h e r o r d e r S t o k l a n
l i n e a r wave f o r m u l a t i o n .
are s p e c i f i e d b y ( l ) a d i f f e r e n t i a l equation p r e s c r i b e d on t h e i n t e r i o r
R e f e r r i n g t o F i g u r e 1 , the d i f f e r e n t i a l e q u a t i o n t o be s a t i s f i e d on
function Y, i . e . ,
V^^ = V^Y = 0
ertiere = — 2 - + -2
9x2 2j,2
the v e l o c i t y components, i . e . ,
^ = -Yz = -4>,
(2)
zero, i . e . ,
MEAN WATER
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VELOCITY
COMPONENTS
f y i n g t h e u n i f o r m i t y o f pressure on t h e free s u r f a c e , i . e . ,
and ^
7 + 2i b-^^'^ J " i ^t = ' = ='!
s i m p l i f i e d t o t h e f o l l o w i n g forms,
3x - ïï^ (6)
t o w h i c h they s a t i s f y t h e s p e c i f y i n g e q u a t i o n s .
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i n v e s t i g a t i o n o f a l l a v a i l a b l e wave t h e o r i e s f o r a l l wave c o n d i t i o n s o f
i s about ^0% o f t h e b r e a k i n g h e i g h t .
o f t h e v a r i o u s wave t h e o r i e s .
a measure o f t h e e r r o r i n t h e f r e e s u r f a c e k i n e m a t i c boundary c o n d i t i o n , i . e . .
STREAM FUNCTION
d e f i n e d by
boundary c o n d i t i o n e x a c t l y , t h e € ^ c o n t r i b u t i o n s f o r t h i s t h e o r y will
serve as an i n d i c a t i o n o f e r r o r s due t o t h i s a p p r o x i m a t i o n .
o v e r - a l l range e r r o r { E ) j j i s d e f i n e d , i . e . ,
A s i m i l a r d e f i n i t i o n f o r (E^)!^ a p p l i e s .
Case 2 o v e r - a l l e r r o r i n f o r m a t i o n i s p r e s e n t e d i n Table 2.
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LEGEND
Order o f Stream f u n c t i o n t h e o r y .
A c t u a l l y zero.
In. w
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i s g e n e r a l l y regarded as b e i n g a p p l i c a b l e f o r shallow-water c o n d i t i o n s .
t h e o r i e s t e s t e d , e s p e c i a l l y c o n s i d e r i n g t h a t t h e k i n e m a t i c boundary c o n d - i "
boundary c o n d i t i o n s than t h e o t h e r t h e o r i e s t e s t e d .
Stream f u n c t i o n t h e o r y p r o v i d e s a c o n s i s t e n t l y b e t t e r f i t t o t h e b o u n d a . * " ^
q u i r e d f o r t h e p a r t i c u l a r wave c o n d i t i o n s .
on t h e Stream f u n c t i o n t h e o r y .
Dimensionless T o t a l Maximum F o r c e s . — T h e t o t a l f o r c e on a s i n g l e
v e r t i c a l p i l i n g e x t e n d i n g f r o m t h e ocean bottom t h r o u g h t h e f r e e s u r f a c e
can be w r i t t e n as
A + 7(9) . . + 1(9)
/^rrD 1^
F(e) = 4° CQ u ( e ) | u ( e ) | ds Cj^ u ( e ) dS ....(11)
/Q ^0
i n dimensionless form as
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.1 + 7 ( e ) A
u(9) |u(9)l / h y /S\
"l/gH" 1/gH
^1 + >?(e)A
TT ' ^ I D
gH Uj'* h
^'m = K ( h / T ^ H/T2, ¥)
o r d e r , i t i s p o s s i b l e t o employ a t h e o r y o f an o r d e r c o n s i s t e n t w i t h
00
O)
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M ^ 1
rc^H^Dh 2
1 + 1(e)A
ih\ls\ls\ ,,,,
asymptotes a r e c o n s i s t e n t w i t h t h e p l o t t e d i s o l i n e s .
i t i s r e q u i r e d t o c a l c u l a t e t h e c r e s t e l e v a t i o n , >y^, t h e maximum t o t a l f o r c e ,
Wave H e i g h t , H = 65 f t .
Wave P e r i o d , T = 13 sec.
P i l i n g Diameter, D = 6 f t .
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STREAM FUNCTION 291
STREAM FUNCTION 293
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vjill
included i n t h e summary a r e
= 1.05
c^, = i.Uo
interpreted
the problem a r e :
h/T^ = 0.71
H/T^ = 0.385
W = 0.123
e necessary
Note t h a t graphs are n o t a v a i l a b l e f o r W = 0.123; i t i s t h e r e f ^
f i g u r e s 10
t o i n t e r p o l a t e between F i g u r e s 5 and 6 ( f o r f o r c e s ) and b e t w e ^ " ^
obtained
r]^/R = 0.69 ( f r o m F i g u r e 3)
0.22, W = 0.1 ( f r o m F i g u r e 5)
m 0.26, W = 0.5 ( f r o m F i g u r e 6)
= (0.22)(6U.O)(l.O5)(65.O)2(6.0) = 37ii,000 l b s .
f u n c t i o n wave t h e o r y p r o v i d e s a s i g n i f i c a n t l y b e t t e r f i t t o t h e s p e c i f i e d
e q u a t i o n and t h e s p e c i f i e d boundary c o n d i t i o n s . I t i s n o t n e c e s s a r i l y t r u e ,
i n wave c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s r e q u i r e s f u r t h e r work.
f o r each s e t o f wave c o n d i t i o n s .
ACKIWWLEDGMEKTS
Ai-PENDix. —NUTATION
C wave c e l e r i t y ;
Cp drag c o e f f i c i e n t ;
D p i l i n g diameter;
F t o t a l wave f o r c e on s i n g l e v e r t i c a l p i l i n g ;
g gravitational acceleration;
h s t i l l water depth;
H wave h e i g h t ;
Q B e r n o u l l i "constant";
-y upwards;
T wave p e r i o d ;
u h o r i z o n t a l component o f water p a r t i c l e velocity;
•
W parameter d e f i n e d as ^-^ ;
D . —action
X h o r i z o n t a l c o o r d i n a t e , o r i g i n a t wave c r e s t , p o s i t i v e i n d a - ^
o f wave p r o p a g a t i o n ;
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v e r t i c a l c o o r d i n a t e , o r i g i n i n s t i l l water l i n e , p o s i t i v e l y upvrards;
dimensionless t o t a l moment on s i n g l e v e r t i c a l p i l i n g ;
l o c a l e r r o r a s s o c i a t e d v r i t h k i n e m a t i c boundary c o n d i t i o n ;
l o c a l e r r o r a s s o c i a t e d w i t h dynamic boundary c o n d i t i o n ;
s p e c i f i c w e i g h t o f water;
wave p r o p a g a t i o n ;
n u m e r i c a l c o n s t a n t , 3.lUl59...;
mass d e n s i t y o f water;
dimensionless t o t a l f o r c e on s i n g l e v e r t i c a l p i l i n g ;
velocity potential;
stream f u n c t i o n .