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The diffraction problem of two kinds of shallow water wave, cnoidal wave and solita wave, around a group of cylinders is discussed. A Bessel corrdinate transformation i. employed to uniform the coordinate system, and thus the boundary condition on each cylinder's surface can be satisfied by determining the coefficients in the solution. Several examples are calculated for two kinds of incident wave and various arrangement of the cylinders, and the results are discussed and compared with the available experimental data.
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Communicated by Chein Wei-zang
At last, the authors would like to thank Prof. Bian Yingui for his kind help and associate Prof. Song Reng of Tianjin University for his providing us experimental data.
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Ming-de, S., Yu, P. A theoretical investigation on the wave forces on the multiple cylinders in shallow water. Appl Math Mech 8, 377–387 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02015258
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02015258