THE INTERACTION BETWEEN A VERTICAL CYLINDER AND REGULAR WAVES

The huge amount of offshore activities in recent years has increased the need of reliable data concerning the wave loading on vertical cylinders. A review is given of different methods, according to which the wave forces on a vertical circular cylinder can be calculated. Numerical results of these methods are compared with the results of model experiments. The wave diffraction around a cylindrical object was calculated with the potential theory and is compared with measurements of the wave amplitude.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Symposium on "Offshore Hydrodynamics" at Wageningen, The Netherlands, August 25-26, 1971.
• Corporate Authors:

  Netherlands Ship Model Basin

  Wageningen,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • van Oortmerssen, G
• Publication Date: 1971-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 25 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cylindrical bodies; Force; Loads; Offshore structures; Waves
• Old TRIS Terms: Wave forces on structures; Wave induced loads
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00033617
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Netherlands Ship Model Basin
• Report/Paper Numbers: NSMB-375
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 28 1972 12:00AM