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Naval architecture

the pattern of divergent and transverse waves behind a moving ship in deep water, confined within a wedge of about 19.5 degrees each side.

In naval architecture, Kelvin wake pattern refers to the pattern of divergent and transverse waves behind a moving ship in deep water, confined within a wedge of about 19.5 degrees each side. This meaning comes from Thomson (1887) in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.[1]

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References

Thomson, W. (1887). On ship waves. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 38(1), 409-434. https://doi.org/10.1243/PIME_PROC_1887_038_028_02

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