OFF580 Marine Technology and Design, BYG 520 Naturlaster

HW 3, spring 2015

Report due on 6th February at 16:00 (Stavanger time) in the box outside my
office or on mail to charlotte.obhrai@uis.no

Exercise 1. Regular waves in a wave tank.

A towing tank has a length of 150m, a width of 5.0 m and a wave maker in one
end that generates long-crested regular waves. Assume in this tank a generated
regular deep water wave with amplitude  0 = 0.2m and wave period T = 2.0 s.

The velocity potential of the wave is given by:

Determine:

1. The circular wave frequency, ω, the wave number, k , and the wave length, L.

2. The maximum fluid particle velocities max u and max w in x and z direction in
the fluid in the tank.

3. The path of a fluid particle in the surface of the wave.

4. The path of a fluid particle at 0.5 meter (average) below the still water level.

5. The maximum pressure at 0.5 meter below the still water level.

6. The energy in the waves per unit surface area, E / A.

7. The phase velocity, c, and the group velocity, cg, of these waves.

8. The time needed by this generated wave train to reach the other end of the
tank.

9. The time between passing an observer along the tank side of two successive
wave crests.

10. The phase of the wave elevation 2.5 meter closer to the wave maker
relative to the position of an observer.
11. Suppose now this regular wave being a shallow water wave in a tank with a
water depth of 2.0 meter, described by:

Determine the maximum fluid particle displacements xmax and zmax as well as
velocities umax and wmax in x and z directions at the surface of the fluid as well as
at the bottom of the tank.

Exercise 2. Fluid Motions in a Rectangular Tank.

Consider a fixed rectangular tank with a breadth 2b partly filled with water
until a level h. The fluid is moving in the (y, z) plane with the y axis in the still
water plane and the z axis vertically upward.

The 2-D velocity potential of the wave in this tank is given by:

1. Show that this velocity potential satisfies the Laplace equation.

2. Show the boundary condition at the bottom of the tank.

3. Describe the fluid particle motion at the free surface as a function of location
and time.

4. Give a definition (in words, no formulas) of each of the following potential

flow expressions:

- incompressible fluid

- potential flow

- potential function

- irrotational flow

5. Give the physical fluid and flow requirements which have to be fulfilled when
describing a flow by the potential theory.
6. For linear deep water waves, sketch the particle orbits. How deep must a
scuba diver go before he or she doesn’t notice any motion due to the waves?

7. For linear shallow water waves, describe what a scuba diver on the bottom
experiences.

8. For each of the case, determine whether the waves are linear or not. If so,
determine the wavelength L and state if it is deep or shallow water.

a. ω = 10 rad/s, d = 1 m, H = 0.04 m

b. ω = 10 rad/s, d = 0.1 m, H = 0.12 m

c. ω = 2 rad/s, d = 100 m, H = 10 m

d. ω = 1 rad/s, d = 100 m, H = 4 m

e. ω = 5 rad/s, d = 0.5 m, H = 0.2 m

f. ω = 4 rad/s, d = 0.5 m, H = 0.1 m

Exercise 3. Hydrostatics.

A rectangular barge floats in water, ρw. When it is empty it is immersed at

depth D below the surface. Oil with density, ρo, is poured into the barge until it
is about to sink. Find a relationship for the depth of the oil at this point in terms
of the initial depth, D, the total height of the barge H and the barge width W.
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accepted)

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manager. I will not approve work that you will not be proud of giving to the
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