On the T-matrix for water-wave scattering problems

DOI10.1016/0165-2125(85)90045-9MaRDI QIDQ761291zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors P. A. Martin

Publication date 1985

Published in Wave Motion (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-2125(85)90045-9

zbMATH Keywords

free surface of deep waterHavelock wavemaker functionsmultipole potentialsnull-field methodreflection and transmission coefficientsregular wavetrainsrigid cylinder of infinite lengthT-matrixtime- harmonic wave of small amplitudetwo-dimensional boundary-value problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Laplace operator, Helmholtz equation (reduced wave equation), Poisson equation (35J05) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15)

Review text

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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