Abstract
Submerged horizontal plate can be considered as a new concept breakwater. In order to reveal the wave elimination mechanism of this type breakwater, boundary element method is utilized to investigate the velocity field around plate carefully. The flow field analysis shows that the interaction between incident wave and reverse flow caused by submerged plate will lead to the formation of wave elimination area around both sides of the plate. The velocity magnitude of flow field has been reduced and this is the main reason of wave elimination.
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This research is supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Dalian University of Technology (Grant No. DUT10LK43) and the National Key Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2013CB036101).
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Zhang, Zq., Luan, Mt. & Wang, K. Flow field analysis of submerged horizontal plate type breakwater. China Ocean Eng 27, 821–828 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13344-013-0067-z
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