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Accession Number:
ADA056282
Title:
An Experimental Study of a Method to Attenuate Surface Waves Over a Limited Region of the Open Ocean.
Corporate Author:
STEVENS INST OF TECH HOBOKEN N J DAVIDSON LAB
Report Date:
1978-06-01
Abstract:
An experimental investigation of the refraction of surface gravity waves by relatively narrow of the order of or less than one wave length and shallow, laterally sheared, surface currents was undertaken to determine the feasibility of employing artificially-generated currents to achieve local wave damping in the ocean. In the experiments, single frequency wave trains wave length, wave length sub 0, in still water were initially propagated in the same direction as the direction of the current in the wake of a towed grid with lateral extent, W sub g, and draft, d sub g. The required power for wave lengths up to 300 feet was within the range of installed power of conventional off-shore boats.
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.,
Pages:
0058
Contract Number:
N00014-77-C-0702
File Size:
17.74MB
