Three-dimensional internal waves in the near zone in the case of a load moving over the surface of a floating elastic plate

The effect of a thin elastic floating plate on the three-dimensional internal waves in the near zone of a moving region of constant pressure is studied with reference to a two-layer model of a liquid of finite depth. The dependence of the spatial distributions of the amplitudes of the wave disturbances due to the internal waves at the plateliquid interface and on the surface of density discontinuity on the rate of displacement of the pressure region and the characteristics of the plate is analyzed.