WAVE-FORCES ON VERTICAL BODIES OF REVOLUTION

The axisymmetry of a body which is diffracting water waves may be exploited to give a line integral equation to be solved for the scattered wave field and forces on the body. Each term in a previously established surface integral equation is shown to be expressible as a Fourier series, which is then integrated once analytically. The resulting one-dimensional equation is shown to possess singularities, previously ignored by Black (1975). This equation, with series transformations and subtraction of singularities such that all series are quickly convergent and that it has to be solved only along a curve, reduces computational effort by some three orders of magnitude. Results obtained by this method give good agreement with previous analytical and experimental results, even if a rather coarse numerical approximation is used. © 1978, Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.