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Tidal diffraction by a small island or cape, and tidal power from a coastal barrier

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2020

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Chiang C. Mei*
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139-4307, USA
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Abstract

The tidal waves scattered by a small island and a small cape of elliptical shape are derived by the method of matched asymptotics. The results complement the irrotational flow approximation of the near field by Proudman (Proc. Lond. Math. Soc., vol. 14, 1915, pp. 89–102). The potential for harnessing tidal power is assessed for the limiting case of a coast-connected thin dam.

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Geophysical and Geological Flows: Waves in rotating fluids Geophysical and Geological Flows: Coastal engineering
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 897 , 25 August 2020 , A13
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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