Impact of floats on water
Fluid Dynamics
2009-01-23 v1 Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Abstract
The impact of a wedge-shaped body on the free surface of a weightless inviscid incompressible liquid is considered. Both symmetrical and unsymmetrical entries at constant velocity are dealt with. The differential problem corresponds to the physico-mathematical model of a distribution of potential singularities and, in particular, the flow singularities at the ends of the wetted regions are represented by sinks. A conformal transformation of the flow field is adopted and the unknown intensities of the discontinuities are found by an optimization procedure, together with the solution of the nonlinear free-surface problem. The flow separation at a sideslip is also considered.
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@article{arxiv.0901.3444,
title = {Impact of floats on water},
author = {Nicola de Divitiis and Luciano M. de Socio},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.3444},
year = {2009}
}
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26 pages, 10 figures