Three-dimensional water impact at normal incidence to a blunt structure.

ABSTRACT: The three-dimensional water impact onto a blunt structure with a spreading rectangular contact region is studied. The structure is mounted on a flat rigid plane with the impermeable curved surface of the structure perpendicular to the plane. Before impact, the water region is a rectangular domain of finite thickness bounded from below by the rigid plane and above by the flat free surface. The front free surface of the water region is vertical, representing the front of an advancing steep wave. The water region is initially advancing towards the structure at a constant uniform speed. We are concerned with the slamming loads acting on the surface of the structure during the initial stage of water impact. Air, gravity and surface tension are neglected. The problem is analysed by using some id

SUBMITTER: Chatjigeorgiou IK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5014097 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature