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Wave-induced collisions of thin floating disks

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posted on 2023-05-19, 18:21 authored by Yiew, LJ, Bennetts, LG, Meylan, MH, Giles Thomas, French, BJ
Collisions between two thin floating disks forced by regular water waves are studied for a range of wave amplitudes and lengths, using laboratory wave basin experiments and a mathematical model. Three collision regimes are identified from the experiments in terms of collision frequency and strength, and the collisions are shown to be caused by drift for short incident wavelengths and relative surge motion between the disks for longer incident waves. The model is based on slope-sliding theory for the wave-induced disk motions and rigid-body collisions. It is shown to predict collision frequencies and velocities accurately for intermediate–long incident wavelengths. Incorporating drift and wave scattering forces into the model is shown to capture the collision behaviours for short incident wavelengths.

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Publication title

Physics of Fluids

Volume

29

Article number

127102

Number

127102

Pagination

1-13

ISSN

1070-6631

Department/School

Australian Maritime College

Publisher

American Institute of Physics

Place of publication

USA

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Copyright 2017 The Authors. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. The following article appeared in Physics of Fluids and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5003310

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