ABSTRACT
The chapter presented is a study of ocean wave flow in the intermediate depth of water around a vertically submerged rectangular plate of various plate thicknesses under two different conditions: (1) a surface-piercing rectangular thin plate and (2) a bottom-standing rectangular thin plate. In this chapter, an analytical solution of linear wave theory is solved. The solution method is confined under the different relative depth of water and different time-period conditions. The results are validated through Simpson’s 1/3 rule. The solution of horizontal wave forces on the plate with respect to the wave amplitudes is obtained in the intermediate depth of water. It is observed that the wave force on the plate at a surface-piercing position is maximum for d/L = 0.48 compared to a bottom standing position. It is also observed that the wave forces on the plate at Type I and also at Type II are both gradually converging with the increase of the time period. Wave forces also increase with the thickness of the plate. The linear wave is studied numerically and validates its results with the analytically, showing good agreement and their percentage errors approximately less than to 3.419%.
