Template:Finite dock equations
We consider here the Frequency Domain Problem for a finite dock which occupies the region [math]\displaystyle{ -L\lt x\lt L }[/math] (we assume [math]\displaystyle{ e^{i\omega t} }[/math] time dependence). The water is assumed to have constant finite depth [math]\displaystyle{ h }[/math] and the [math]\displaystyle{ z }[/math]-direction points vertically upward with the water surface at [math]\displaystyle{ z=0 }[/math] and the sea floor at [math]\displaystyle{ z=-h }[/math]. The boundary value problem can therefore be expressed as
[math]\displaystyle{ \Delta\phi=0, \,\, -h\lt z\lt 0, }[/math]
[math]\displaystyle{ \phi_{z}=0, \,\, z=-h, }[/math]
[math]\displaystyle{ \partial_z\phi=0, \,\, z=0,\,-L\lt x\lt L, }[/math]
We must also apply the Sommerfeld Radiation Condition as [math]\displaystyle{ |x|\rightarrow\infty }[/math]. This essentially implies that the only wave at infinity is propagating away and at negative infinity there is a unit incident wave and a wave propagating away.
