WAVE INTERACTION WITH A CONCENTRIC POROUS CYLINDER SYSTEM

This is a theoretical investigation of wave interaction with a concentric surface-piercing two-cylinder system. The exterior cylinder is porous and considered to be thin in thickness and the interior cylinder is impermeable. Both cylinders are rigidly fixed at the sea bed. The fluid motion is idealized as a linearized potential flow. The free-surface elevation and the total net hydrodynamic forces acting on both cylinders are determined analytically. The wave-induced overturning moments are also evaluated. It is found that, with the existence of the exterior porous cylinder, the hydrodynamic force acting on the interior cylinder is reduced if compared to the force exerted on the interior cylinder by a direct wave impact. The reduction of the wave amplitude around the leeward side of the outer porous cylinder is shown from the free-surface computations. In this paper, results are also presented to illustrate the effects of wave parameter and structural porosity on this wave and cylinder interaction problem. The role played by the ratio of radii of the inner and outer cylinders is discussed.