FORCES AND MOMENTS ON A SURFACE PIERCING PLATE CAUSED BY WAVE AND CURRENTS

This paper is a continuation of previous work done on the evaluation of forces and moments on a flat plate in the presence of waves and currents. Non-dimensional parameters previously derived will be used in evaluating the flow phenomena on the surface piercing plate. The tests were conducted in a specially designed wavetank. The reason for the experiment is to use the test plate as a model for a section of an oil pollution barrier. The final results of this and other experiments, conducted previously and in the future, are to predict the forces and moments on a real oil barrier in operation.

• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Sea Grant Program, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139
• Authors:
  • Bistrian, J M
• Publication Date: 1973-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dynamics; Force; Oil booms; Oil spills; Waves
• Uncontrolled Terms: Wave forces
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil spreading dynamics
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050821
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Report/Paper Numbers: MS Thesis
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 24 1974 12:00AM