Measurement and Analysis of the Interaction between Internal Solitary Wave and Submerged Slender Body in a Stratified Fluid Tank

A measurement technique of hydrodynamic load of internal waves in a stratified tank was developed. By means of accurately measuring slight variations of internal wave forces exerted on a slender body in the tank, their interaction characteristics were determined. It is shown that through establishing the similarity between the model scale in the stratified fluid tank and the full scale in the numerical simulation the obtained measurement results of internal wave forces are confirmed to be correct.