The Motion of a Simple Wedge along the Water Surface
Abstract
The two-dimensional flow of a stream past a simple wedge partly immersed in water is investigated by linearized theory. The results are expressed in terms of a non-dimensional speed V = U(ρ α /gL)1/4, where U is the velocity of the stream ρ is the water density, α is the incidence of the sloping face and L is the lift on the wedge per unit beam. As the speed increases from zero, the immersion of the wedge increases to a maximum and becomes small at high speeds; the frictional drag increases to a maximum at the hump speed and falls to a constant value at high speeds.
- Publication:
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A
- Pub Date:
- December 1957
- DOI:
- 10.1098/rspa.1957.0202
- Bibcode:
- 1957RSPSA.243...48S