Gravity Waves and Finite Turbulent Flow Fields 



REPLY TO DISCUSSION 



Daniel Savitsky 



Stevens Institute of Technology 

 Hoboken^ New Jersey 



It may be possible for ship wakes to locally attenuate the wave 

 generated by the afterbody. If the mechanism described in the paper 

 is applicable, it would necessarily require that wave amplitudes be 

 larger at some distance transverse to the ship wake. This, of 

 course, follows from considerations of preserving wave energy. 

 Much further study of afterbody generated waves would be necessary 

 to determine the association of ship -wave attenuation with the 

 mechanism described in the present paper. 



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