WAVE DAMPINGS BY AN ARRAY OF CIRCULAR CYLINDERS AND A GROUP OF MODEL PLANTS

摘要

It is important to understand the hydrodynamics of a group of aquatic plants in waves forrnthe application of it as a good alternative material for protecting the banks of inlandrnwaterways against waves and currents compared to the conventional materials as concreternunits or stones. This paper describes an investigation into the wave damping capacity ofrnplants. The damping of waves transmitting an array of circular cylinders which is modeledrnon a cluster of reeds and a group of model plants are measured and evaluated theoretically.rnThe wave forces acting on a circular cylinder installed in the middle of the array of circularrncylinders are also measured in the range of small values of Stokes parameter β .