A numerical model based on using a tank Green function, has been developed to compute the side wall effects on first- and second-order loadings upon bodies of arbitrary geometry in wave tanks. This tank Green function (TGF) is composed of a finite series of open-sea Green functions and an asymptotic part represented by two single integrals whose kernels decrease exponentially with the integral variable. This consistent expression of the TGF permits one to highlight the side wall effects and to give some criteria for the choice of tank width and the measurement duration to limit the reflection of diffraction and radiation waves.
The efficiency of the developed model is shown in the application to hemispheres and a box-shaped barge placed in the center of the wave tanks. The numerical results explain well the irregularities in the experimental measurements and show that the side walls have important effects on the first-order quantities. These effects are much more pronounced on the second-order drift loads. 相似文献
AbstractDue to the strong disintegration and water erosion of completely weathered granite, water and mud inrush disasters are apt to take place in this zone during underwater tunnel construction. The pore, compactness, seepage path length, fracture geometries and their interconnections for water and mud transfer are strongly influenced by confining pressure and waterproof-resistant slab safety thickness. In order to inspect the influence, a series of experiments based on a self-designed testing system and non-Darcy testing method were performed. The results indicated that the water and mud inrush evolution increased with the increase of confining pressure and decreased with the increase of safety thickness. In particular, the confining pressure mainly influences the initial evolution stage, and a critical safety thickness to prevent water and mud inrush is obtained. Besides, the non-Darcy testing method results shows that the water and mud inrush evolution affects the influence of non-Darcy flow. For example, while the safety thickness was smaller than the critical value, the evolution was large and unstable and its behavior transferred into nonlinear. In this case, the flow changed to non-Darcy flow. 相似文献