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Wave scattering and radiation by a surface-piercing vertical truncated metamaterial cylinder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2024

S. Zheng*
Affiliation:
Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316021, PR China School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, PR China
H. Liang*
Affiliation:
Technology Centre for Offshore and Marine, Singapore (TCOMS), 118411, Republic of Singapore
D. Greaves
Affiliation:
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
*
Email addresses for correspondence: siming.zheng@zju.edu.cn, liang_hui@tcoms.sg
Email addresses for correspondence: siming.zheng@zju.edu.cn, liang_hui@tcoms.sg

Abstract

In this paper, we study wave scattering and radiation by a surface-piercing vertical truncated metamaterial cylinder composed of a closely spaced array of thin vertical barriers, between which fluid can flow. A theoretical model is developed under full depth-dependent linearised water wave theory, where an effective medium equation and effective boundary conditions are employed, respectively, to describe the fluid motion inside the cylinder and match the flow between the fluid regions in and outside the metamaterial cylinder. A damping mechanism is introduced at the surface of the fluid occupied by the metamaterial cylinder to consider the wave power dissipation in narrow gaps between the thin vertical plates. The wave excitation forces acting on the cylinder and the hydrodynamic coefficients can be calculated straightforwardly in terms of the velocity potential inside the cylinder. An alternative way is by using the velocity potential outside the cylinder, the expression of which has the reduction of the integral and an infinite accumulation that are included in the straightforward expression. The results highlight the patterns of the radiated waves induced by the oscillation of the cylinder and the characteristics of the hydrodynamic coefficients. The metamaterial cylinder when fixed in place and with a damping mechanism included is found to capture more wave power than that of a traditional axisymmetric heaving wave energy converter over a wide range of wave frequencies.

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Figure 1. Illustration of the geometry: (a) bird's-eye view of the truncated metamaterial cylinder consisting of an array of closely spaced barriers; (b) a plan view showing incident wave heading with respect to the barriers.

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Figure 2. Wave motion due to incident wave propagation with $\beta ={\rm \pi} /4$ on a stationary truncated metamaterial cylinder with $R/h=1.0$, $d/h=0.2$ and $\bar {v}=0$: (a,b) $kR=1.0$; (c,d) $kR=1.3$. Panels (a) and (c) are analytical results; (b) and (d) numerical results (Liang et al.2021), in which the cylinder was modelled by 40 infinitely thin vertical plates (see the horizontal lines on the cylinder). Here $\eta ^{(0)}$ denotes the free surface elevation of the wave scattering problem.

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Figure 3. Frequency response of wave excitation forces experienced by a vertical truncated metamaterial cylinder with $R/h=1.0$, $d/h=0.2$, $\bar {v}=0$ and $\beta ={\rm \pi} /4$: (a) $|\bar {F}_2|$; (b) $|\bar {F}_4|$ and (c) $|\bar {F}_6|$. Here ‘analytical’ denotes the present effective medium results and ‘numerical’ represents the discrete computation results, in which the cylinder was modelled by 40 infinitely thin vertical plates (Liang et al.2021).

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Figure 4. Variation of the non-dimensional wave power dissipation and wave radiation damping coefficients predicted by using different methods with respect to the damping parameter $\bar {v}$ for $R/h=1.0$, $d/h=0.2$ and $kR=1.0$: (a) $\bar {P}_{diss}^{(0)}$ with $\beta ={\rm \pi} /4$; (b) $\bar {c}_{22}$, $\bar {c}_{44}$ and $\bar {c}_{66}$. Here ‘direct method’ denotes the results by using (3.14), and ‘indirect method’ denotes the results by using (3.15); ‘direct method, interior’ denotes the results by using (3.4), ‘direct method, exterior’ denotes the results by using (3.7) and ‘indirect method, HR’ denotes the results by using (3.13), the HR.

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Figure 5. Frequency response of wave excitation forces experienced by a vertical truncated metamaterial cylinder (thick curves) with $R/h=1.0$ and $\beta ={\rm \pi} /4$: (a) $|\bar {F}_2|$; (b) $|\bar {F}_4|$; (c) $|\bar {F}_6|$. The corresponding wave excitation forces experienced by an equivalent solid cylinder of the same size are also plotted as a comparison (see the solid thin curves). The curves in the same colour denote the results with the same value of $d/h$.

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Figure 6. Frequency response of wave radiation damping of a vertical truncated metamaterial cylinder (thick curves) with $R/h=1.0$: (a) $\bar {c}_{22}$; (b) $\bar {c}_{44}$; (c) $\bar {c}_{66}$; (d) $\bar {c}_{24}$. The corresponding wave radiation damping of an equivalent solid cylinder of the same size is also plotted as a comparison (see the solid thin curves). The curves in the same colour denote the results with the same value of $d/h$.

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Figure 7. Frequency response of added mass of a vertical truncated metamaterial cylinder (thick curves) with $R/h=1.0$: (a) $\bar {a}_{22}$; (b) $\bar {a}_{44}$; (c) $\bar {a}_{66}$; (d) $\bar {a}_{24}$. The corresponding added mass of an equivalent solid cylinder of the same size is also plotted as a comparison (see the solid thin curves). The curves in the same colour denote the results with the same value of $d/h$.

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Figure 8. Sway-induced radiated wave field with $R/h=1.0$ and $d/h=0.5$: (a) and (b) amplitude field, $\omega |\eta ^{(2)}|$; (c) and (d) instantaneous wave field, $\omega {\rm Re}[\eta ^{(2)}]$. Here (a) and (c) $kR=1.2$; (b) and (d) $kR=1.8$.

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Figure 9. Yaw-induced radiated wave field with $d/h=0.5$ and $kh=1.66$: Here (a) and (b) amplitude field, $\omega |\eta ^{(6)}|/R$; (c) and (d) instantaneous wave field, $\omega {\rm Re}[\eta ^{(6)}]/R$. Here (a) and (c) $R/h=1.0$; (b) and (d) $R/h=2.0$.

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Figure 10. Frequency response of wave excitation forces experienced by a vertical truncated metamaterial cylinder (thick curves) with $R/h=1.0$, $d/h=0.5$ and $\beta ={\rm \pi} /4$: (a) $|\bar {F}_2|$; (b) $|\bar {F}_4|$; (c) $|\bar {F}_6|$.

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Figure 11. Wave scattering field in terms of $|\eta ^{(0)}/A|$ and ${\rm Re}[\eta ^{(0)}/A]$ with $R/h=1.0$, $d/h=0.5$ and ${kR}=1.2$: (a) and (b) $\bar {v}=0.05$; (c) and (d) $\bar {v}=0.4$. Here (a) and (c) $|\eta ^{(0)}/A|$; (b) and (d) ${\rm Re}[\eta ^{(0)}/A]$.

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Figure 12. Wave scattering field in terms of $|\eta ^{(0)}/A|$ and ${\rm Re}[\eta ^{(0)}/A]$ with $R/h=1.0$, $d/h=0.5$ and ${kR}=1.8$: (a) and (b) $\bar {v}=0.05$; (c) and (d) $\bar {v}=0.4$. Here (a) and (c) $|\eta ^{(0)}/A|$; (b) and (d) ${\rm Re}[\eta ^{(0)}/A]$.

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Figure 13. Frequency response of wave radiation damping of a vertical truncated metamaterial cylinder with $R/h=1.0$ and $d/h=0.5$: (a) $\bar {c}_{22}$; (b) $\bar {c}_{44}$; (c) $\bar {c}_{66}$; (d) $\bar {c}_{24}$.

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Figure 14. Frequency response of added mass of a vertical truncated metamaterial cylinder with $R/h=1.0$ and $d/h=0.5$: (a) $\bar {a}_{22}$; (b) $\bar {a}_{44}$; (c) $\bar {a}_{66}$; (d) $\bar {a}_{24}$.

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Figure 15. Frequency response of the non-dimensional dissipated wave power of a stationary vertical truncated metamaterial cylinder with $R/h=1.0$ and $d/h=0.5$: (a) $\bar {P}_{diss}^{(0)}$ for $\beta ={\rm \pi} /4$; (b) $\bar {P}_{diss}^{(0)}$ for $\bar {v}=0.4$.

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Figure 16. (a) A truncated metamaterial cylinder within an imaginary cylindrical control surface $S_{\infty }$. Wetted curved cylindrical sidewall and bottom of the metamaterial cylinder are indicated by $S_c$ and $S_m$, whereas $S_e$ denotes the external water surface. (b) A channel between two adjacent barriers of the metamaterial cylinder. Side opening and bottom of the channel are indicated by $S_{c1,c}$, $S_{c2,c}$ and $S_{m,c}$, whereas $S_{i,c}$ denotes the internal water surface. The red arrows indicate the direction of the line integrals.

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Figure 17. Impact of the angular cut-offs (i.e. in terms of $M$) on wave excitation forces acting on vertical truncated metamaterial cylinder with $R/h=1.0$, $d/h=0.5$, $\bar {v}=1.0$, $\beta ={\rm \pi} /4$, and $L=4$: (a) $|\bar {F}_2|$; (b) $|\bar {F}_4|$ and (c) $|\bar {F}_6|$.

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Figure 18. Impact of the vertical cut-offs (i.e. in terms of $L$) on wave excitation forces acting on vertical truncated metamaterial cylinder with $R/h=1.0$, $d/h=0.5$, $\bar {v}=1.0$, $\beta ={\rm \pi} /4$, and $M=5$: (a) $|\bar {F}_2|$; (b) $|\bar {F}_4|$ and (c) $|\bar {F}_6|$.