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On the T-matrix for water-wave scattering problems (English)
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1985
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A rigid cylinder of infinite length is floating in the free surface of deep water. The cylinder is held fixed and a given time-harmonic wave of small amplitude is incident upon it. The corresponding linear two- dimensional boundary-value problem for a velocity potential \(\Phi\) is treated using the null-field method, and an expression for the T-matrix is obtained. (The T-matrix connects the diffraction potential away from the cylinder to the given incident potential.) Fundamental properties of the T-matrix are derived from considerations of energy and reciprocity. For regular wavetrains incident from the right or from the left, there are well-known relations between the corresponding reflection and transmission coefficients; these relations are recovered by specialising the equations satisfied by the T-matrix. Two extensions to water of constant finite depth are described: one uses multipole potentials whilst the other uses Havelock wavemaker functions; this second approach also leads to a new method for treating the problem of waves in a semi- infinite channel with an end-wall of arbitrary shape.
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rigid cylinder of infinite length
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free surface of deep water
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time- harmonic wave of small amplitude
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two-dimensional boundary-value problem
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null-field method
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T-matrix
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regular wavetrains
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reflection and transmission coefficients
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multipole potentials
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Havelock wavemaker functions
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