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MS Thesis R. Hager - Hawaii National Marine Renewable Energy ...

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in ni(13)on S for i=1, 3in( r n)i3(14)on S for i=5where, r denotes the moment arm.Radiation ConditionFinally, the radiation condition must be satisfied by the diffraction and radiation potentials.The radiation condition for the two-dimensional case is:(x,z) ik(x,z) 0 (15)xasx 3.2 Solving for the Incident Wave PotentialSeparation of variables is used to solve for the incident potential: f ( x,z,t) X( x)T(t)Z(z) (16)Substituting Eq. (16) into Eq. (3) results in two ordinary differential equations:2d Z2dz2d X2dx K K2Z(z) 02X ( x) 0(17)(18)where, K is a separation constant. The solutions to the ordinary differential equations are:X ( x) B cos(kx) C sin(kx)(19)Zkz kz( z) De Ee (20)where, B, C, D, and E are constants to be determined. The velocity potential for a regular,progressive wave assumes the form:39

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