Difference between revisions of "Dispersion Relation for a Floating Elastic Plate"
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<math>\varpi=(1-k\sigma)/(kL),\quad k=\omega^2/g,\quad\sigma=\rho_ih/\rho,\quad L^5=D/(\rho\omega^2).</math> | <math>\varpi=(1-k\sigma)/(kL),\quad k=\omega^2/g,\quad\sigma=\rho_ih/\rho,\quad L^5=D/(\rho\omega^2).</math> | ||
| − | <math> k </math> is the waver number for a wave of radial frequency <math> omega </math> traveling in open water of infinite depth, <math> g </math> is the acceleration due to gravity, <math> sigma </math> is the amount of the plate that is submerged, <math> rho_i </math> and <math> rho </math> are the densities of the plate and the water respectively, <math> h </math> and <math> D </math> are the thickness and flexural rigidity of the plate, and <math> L </math> is the natural length that we have scaled length variables by. The dispersion relation relates the wavenumber <math> gamma/L </math> and thus speed (<math> =omega L/gamma </math>) to the above parameters. | + | <math> k </math> is the waver number for a wave of radial frequency <math> omega </math> traveling in open water of infinite depth, <math> g </math> is the acceleration due to gravity, <math> sigma </math> is the amount of the plate that is submerged, <math> rho_i </math> and <math> rho </math> are the densities of the plate and the water respectively, <math> h </math> and <math> D </math> are the thickness and flexural rigidity of the plate, and <math> L </math> is the natural length that we have scaled length variables by. The dispersion relation relates the wavenumber <math> gamma/L </math> and thus speed (<math> =omega \times L/gamma </math>) to the above parameters. |
Revision as of 05:29, 12 May 2006
Dispersion Relation for a Floating Elastic Plate
The (nondimensional) dispersion relation for a floating thin elastic plate can be written
[math]\displaystyle{ f(\gamma)=\cosh(\gamma H)-(\gamma^4+\varpi)\gamma\sinh(\gamma H)=0, }[/math]
where [math]\displaystyle{ H }[/math] is the nodimensional water depth, and
[math]\displaystyle{ \varpi=(1-k\sigma)/(kL),\quad k=\omega^2/g,\quad\sigma=\rho_ih/\rho,\quad L^5=D/(\rho\omega^2). }[/math]
[math]\displaystyle{ k }[/math] is the waver number for a wave of radial frequency [math]\displaystyle{ omega }[/math] traveling in open water of infinite depth, [math]\displaystyle{ g }[/math] is the acceleration due to gravity, [math]\displaystyle{ sigma }[/math] is the amount of the plate that is submerged, [math]\displaystyle{ rho_i }[/math] and [math]\displaystyle{ rho }[/math] are the densities of the plate and the water respectively, [math]\displaystyle{ h }[/math] and [math]\displaystyle{ D }[/math] are the thickness and flexural rigidity of the plate, and [math]\displaystyle{ L }[/math] is the natural length that we have scaled length variables by. The dispersion relation relates the wavenumber [math]\displaystyle{ gamma/L }[/math] and thus speed ([math]\displaystyle{ =omega \times L/gamma }[/math]) to the above parameters.
