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Asymmetrical wakes over anisotropic bathymetries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2024

Léo-Paul Euvé*
Affiliation:
PMMH, ESPCI-PSL Univ., CNRS, Sorbonne Univ., Paris Cité Univ., 7 quai St Bernard, 75005 Paris, France
Agnès Maurel
Affiliation:
Institut Langevin, ESPCI-PSL Univ., CNRS, Paris Cité Univ., 1 rue Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
Philippe Petitjeans
Affiliation:
PMMH, ESPCI-PSL Univ., CNRS, Sorbonne Univ., Paris Cité Univ., 7 quai St Bernard, 75005 Paris, France
Vincent Pagneux
Affiliation:
LAUM, CNRS, Univ. du Mans, Av. O. Messiaen, 72085 Le Mans, France
*
Email address for correspondence: leo-paul.euve@espci.fr

Abstract

The study investigates the impact of a vertically layered bathymetry, consisting of submerged vertical plates, on a ship wake through theoretical analysis and experimental realization. For subwavelength distances between the plates, the analysis relies on a homogenized model that provides an effective, anisotropic, dispersion relation for the propagation of water waves. Our findings reveal that a highly asymmetric wake can be achieved, with the degree of asymmetry contingent upon the ship propagation direction in relation to the plate orientation. This anisotropy is characterized with respect to water depth and to ship length using the dimensionless depth and hull Froude numbers. Laboratory experiments align closely with theoretical predictions, confirming that the asymmetry of the wake can indeed be managed through manipulation of bathymetric conditions.

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Figure 1. Experimental set-up with the metamaterial formed by the subwavelength layered bathymetry. The surface of the metamaterial is approximately $1.5\,\mathrm {m}\times 1\,\mathrm {m}$ and the region of measurement is $0.7\,\mathrm {m}\times 0.7\,\mathrm {m}$. Parameters: depth over the plates $h^{-}=10\,\mathrm {mm}$, depth between the plates $h^+=55\,\mathrm {mm}$, period of the bathymetry $l=12\,\mathrm {mm}$, filling fraction of the plates $\theta=1/6$ and plates thickness $\theta l=2\,\mathrm {mm}$. (a) Geometry of the layered bathymetry. (b) Sketch of the experiment. (c) Picture of the plates and the ship (sphere).

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Figure 2. (a,d) Classical dispersion relation of wakes ((2.1) and (2.2), red curve). Arrows, normal to the dispersion relation, indicate the group velocity vectors. Their colours indicate the norm of the wavenumber, see colourbar. (b,e) Schematic representation of the wake using the group velocity vectors; the blue and red dashed lines indicate the minimum and maximum angle of the wake. (cf) Wakes given by the theoretical model. Parameters: $U=0.415\,\mathrm {ms}^{-1}$ and $h=47.5$ mm, $Fr^h=0.62$ (ac) and $h=12$ mm, $Fr^h=1.22$ (df).

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Figure 3. (a) Anisotropic dispersion relation ((2.3) and (2.2), red curve) of an asymmetrical wake with $U=0.415\,\mathrm {ms}^{-1}$, $h_-=12$ mm and $h_+=47.5$ mm. The colour of each arrow indicates the norm of the wavenumber, see colourbar. (b) Schematic representation of the wake using the group velocity vectors, the inset shows the layered bathymetry with the red arrow indicating the ship propagation, the blue and red dashed lines indicate the minimum and maximum angle of the wake. (c) Angle difference, between the upper and lower wake, of the group velocity vector.$\delta \theta _g$.

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Figure 4. Integral of the angle difference for the group velocity vector $I_g$ as a function of the ship velocity $U$ and the angle between the ship and the bathymetry $\alpha$. The circle corresponds to the parameters used in figure 3. In the following experiments, both the circle and the cross parameters will be chosen.

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Figure 5. Surface elevation for the parameters $h^{-}=10\,\mathrm {mm}$, $h^+=55\,\mathrm {mm}$, $h_{X}=12\,\mathrm {mm}$, $h_{Y}=47.5\,\mathrm {mm}$, $\alpha =-39^\circ$ and $U=0.415\,\mathrm {ms}^{-1}$. (a) Experimental results (wave amplitude in mm); the blue and red dashed lines indicate the minimum and maximum angle of the wake; the inset shows the layered bathymetry with the red arrow indicating the ship propagation. (c) Fast Fourier transform of the experimental results; the red curve corresponds to the theoretical dispersion relation (2.2) and (2.3).(d) Theoretical wave amplitude obtained by Fourier transform (discretization of (A2)) and (b) the coefficients of its discrete inverse both with arbitrary amplitude.

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Figure 6. Surface elevation for the parameters $h^{-}=10\,\mathrm {mm}$, $h^+=55\,\mathrm {mm}$, $h_{X}=12\,\mathrm {mm}$, $h_{Y}=47.5\,\mathrm {mm}$, $\alpha =-62^\circ$ and $U=0.47\,\mathrm {ms}^{-1}$. (a) Experimental results (wave amplitude in mm); the red dashed lines indicate the maximum angle of the wake; the inset shows the layered bathymetry with the red arrow indicating the ship propagation. The colour scale is saturated to emphasize the transverse waves. (c) Fast Fourier transform of the experimental results; the red curve corresponds to the theoretical dispersion relation (2.2) and (2.3).(d) Theoretical wave amplitude obtained by Fourier transform (discretization of (A2)) and (b) the coefficients of its discrete inverse both with arbitrary amplitude.

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Figure 7. Theoretical wakes (and their associated Fourier transform) on the layered bathymetry with the parameters $h_{X}=12\,\mathrm {mm}$, $h_{Y}=47.5\,\mathrm {mm}$, $\alpha =-39^\circ$ and a ship speed $U=0.42\,\mathrm {ms}^{-1}$. The size of the ship $L$ varies from 80 to 400 mm (2 to 10 times the ship size in the experiments), with associated hull Froude number $Fr^L$ from 0.47 to 0.21. The dashed curves indicate the schematic representation of the wake.