
FULL SCALE NEAR SURFACE WATER PARTICLE VELOCITIES AND PRESSURES ACTING ON AN INCLINED TUBULAR MEMBER
Author(s) -
Fritz Büsching,
Eckehard Martini
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
proceedings of conference on coastal engineering/proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v17.113
Subject(s) - mechanics , particle (ecology) , reynolds number , particle velocity , supercritical fluid , physics , surface (topology) , geology , materials science , geometry , mathematics , thermodynamics , turbulence , oceanography
A field investigation programme on simultaneous wave force and water particle velocity measurements is decribed with reference to an inclined tubular member subjected to offshore wave kinematics. First measurements at supercritical Reynolds numbers indicate strong irregularities in successively taken pressure distributions on the circumference of the test section as well as in the velocity vectors. The influence of superimposed tidal currents is obvious.