Title of article
Design and Construction of an Optimum Wave Flume
Author/Authors
Khalilabadi، M.R. نويسنده , , Bidokhti، A.A نويسنده ,
Issue Information
ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی 13 سال 2012
Pages
5
From page
99
To page
103
Abstract
This paper describes the design, construction, and testing of a small wave flume and associated equipment. The wave
flume is equipped with a flap-type wave generator, capable of producing both regular and irregular waves. Flap
paddle is used to examine deep water and floating structures. Instrumentation includes three capacitive wave gauges.
The wave-maker is controlled by a desktop computer, which also provides data-logging capability. In order to design
a wave absorber of restricted length, all the different mechanisms able to dissipate wave energy studied. Finally from
the survey of the wave absorbers used in different laboratories, a gravel beach designed for absorbing the waves
coming from wave maker. By sealing leaks around paddle the error of measuring height-to-stroke ratios versus
relative depth is decreased by 3%. The main advantage of this system over the previous ones is reduction of the
amount of effort in the set up with optimum deflection and low level cost utility.
Journal title
Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics (JAFM)
Serial Year
2012
Journal title
Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics (JAFM)
Record number
2398427
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