Just received this book: PHYSICAL MODELS AND LABORATORY TECHNIQUES IN COASTAL ENGINEERING by Steven A. Hughes. jehardiman, dolfiman, and others:...
The above does lead to a specific question: What would be the disadvantage of separating a series of individual wave makers, be they piston or...
Thanks, Dolfiman. A higher res PDF of the English translation is available at http://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/11299/108277/1/pr039.pdf....
Looked long and hard for this one: "...a translation of a series of four French articles by F. Suquet.l' Fo Bi~sel,9 ,and a group of engineers at...
I played around a bit more with the geometry of the wet-back wave maker from my initial post. Dimensions are in inches: [ATTACH] This is sized...
The aforementioned 1969 thesis 'Theory and Design of a Wave Maker for a Short Flume' included a bit on causes of transverse wave formation on wave...
Dolfiman - I'll warn you, my last college math class was multivariable calculus 40 years ago, and I eventually wound ended up with a BA in Art....
Thank you for recommendation. Getting to 'what really matters' often isn't easy. S.H Salter's work on wave generators has intrigued me for quite...
Found a really cool paper: The magic carpet: an arbitrary spectrum wave maker for internal waves" by Thomas E. Dobra, Andrew G. W. Lawrie, Stuart...
Interesting paper: "Numerical Studies of Directional Wavemaker Performance" by John F. O’Dea and J. Nicholas Newman. A PDF copy is attached....
Dolfiman -Thanks for the link to the LEGI channel. It is a nice 2D tank, but much bigger and heavier than I envision. The Science Museum of...
Nominal 4'w x 2' d x 8' l tank module, to make efficient use of sheet material and aluminum stock lengths: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Each 8'...
Thank you for the critique. I considered semi-flexible paddles, using something like a sheet of HDPE or polycarbonate with actuators , and some...
Thanks for the clarification of terms. As to 'intended purpose,' control of surface state is the top priority. Towing models or testing small...
Touché, John! I'll admit to being naïve about the difference between periodic and impulse wave generators as you termed earlier. My...
Thank you for the references! I am not familiar with the Weigel book, but will look into it. Along with numerous research papers I've gathered...
This is the very beginning of an idea for a small tank that might be used in a science museum (I design and build interactive exhibits). I'm...
Not specifically boat design related, but still related... If one were to develop a small-scale wave tank that was about 6X longer than in width...
Regardless of any structural issues, if the concern is to get a more balanced rudder (lighter helm/less 'feedback force') you put the CE of the...
I loved the "meat grinder" analogy. I wasn't able to access the 1972 paper by Letcher, but after reading through Escape Artist's article, it...
