The Nonlinear Hydroelastic Response of a Semi‐Infinite Elastic Plate Floating on a Fluid due to Incident Progressive Waves

Ping Wang

Advances in Mathematical Physics, 2015, vol. 2015, issue 1

Abstract: The nonlinear hydroelastic response of very large floating structures (VLFSs) or an ice sheet floating on the surface of deep water, idealized as a semi‐infinite thin elastic plate, is investigated analytically in the case of nonlinear incident waves. Assuming that the fluid is inviscid and incompressible and the motion is irrotational, we consider incident progressive waves with a given angular frequency within the framework of potential flow theory. With the aid of the homotopy analysis method (HAM), the convergent analytical series solutions are derived by solving the simultaneous equations in which we apply a convergence‐control parameter to obtain convergent solutions with relatively few terms. The clear calculation results are represented to show nonlinear wave‐plate interaction. The effects of different physical parameters, including incident wave amplitude, Young’s modulus, the thickness and density of the plate on the wave scattering, and the hydroelastic response of the floating plate, are considered. We find that the variations of the plate stiffness, thickness, and density greatly change amount of wave energy which is reflected into the open water region and is transmitted into the plate‐covered region. Further, the hydroelastic response of the plate also can be affected by the amplitude of incident wave.

Date: 2015
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