RELATION BETWEEN FLOW VELOCITY AND IMPACT PRESSURE IN A GREEN WATER FLOW Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • Impact pressure due to plunging breaking waves impinging on a simplified model structure was investigated in the laboratory based on two breaking wave conditions: the wall impingement wave condition and the deck impingement wave condition. Pressure, void fraction, and velocities were measured at various locations on the deck surface. Impact pressure was correlated with the mean kinetic energy calculated based on the measured mean velocities and void fraction to obtain the impact coefficient. For the wall impingement wave condition, the relationship between impact pressure and mean kinetic energy is linear with the impact coefficient close to unity. For the deck impingement wave condition, the above relationship does not show good correlation, whereas the impact coefficient was found to be a function of the rate of pressure rise.

name of conference

  • Volume 9: Odd M. Faltinsen Honoring Symposium on Marine Hydrodynamics

published proceedings

  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME 32ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON OCEAN, OFFSHORE AND ARCTIC ENGINEERING - 2013 - VOL 9

author list (cited authors)

  • Ariyarathne, K., Chang, K., & Mercier, R.

citation count

  • 0

complete list of authors

  • Ariyarathne, Kusalika||Chang, Kuang-An||Mercier, Richard

publication date

  • January 2013