简介:Wavediffractionoftwoconcentricporouscylinderswithvaryingporositywasstudiedbyusingananalyticalmethodbasedoneigenfunctionmatching.Thefluiddomainaroundthecylindersisdividedintothreesub-domainsandineachsub-domainaneigenfunctionexpansionofthevelocitypotentialisobtainedbysatisfyingtheLaplaceequation,theboundaryconditionsonthefreesurfaceandontheseabed.Theunknowncoefficientsofeigenfunctionexpansionsaredeterminedbyboundaryconditionsontheporoushulls.Inthepaper,theboundaryconditionsarebasedupontheassumptionthattheflowintheporousmediumisgovernedbyDarcy’slaw.Twoporous-effectparametersappliedontwoporouscylindersarefunctionsoftheverticalcoordinateinsteadoftheconstant.Waveloadingontheouterandinnercylinderispresentedinthenumericalresults.