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Title: Flow around a corner in the water impact problem

Abstract

In this work, we study the local flow in the vicinity of a flat sector of arbitrary angle α in the water impact problem as motivated by recent experimental observations in the author's laboratory. The key question is as to why the ejecta formed during the impact at zero deadrise angle is considerably higher along a straight edge of the sector compared to that near a sharp corner α < π, e.g., if the impacting body is a rectangular plate. Resolving this question is made possible by the discovered here mathematical equivalence of the problem to electromagnetic diffraction phenomena. The main result of the present study is the revealed and quantified influence of the geometry of a flat plate corner on the fluid flow around it, which also contributes to the understanding of certain three-dimensional effects in the water impact problem and provides a generalization of the classical two-dimensional results on the impact at zero deadrise angle. The offered theoretical solution is also qualitatively supported with the help of particle image velocimetry measurements.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22311234
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physics of Fluids (1994)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 26; Journal Issue: 7; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1070-6631
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DIFFRACTION; FLUID FLOW; GEOMETRY; IMAGES; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; WATER

Citation Formats

Krechetnikov, R. Flow around a corner in the water impact problem. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4891229.
Krechetnikov, R. Flow around a corner in the water impact problem. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4891229
Krechetnikov, R. 2014. "Flow around a corner in the water impact problem". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4891229.
@article{osti_22311234,
title = {Flow around a corner in the water impact problem},
author = {Krechetnikov, R.},
abstractNote = {In this work, we study the local flow in the vicinity of a flat sector of arbitrary angle α in the water impact problem as motivated by recent experimental observations in the author's laboratory. The key question is as to why the ejecta formed during the impact at zero deadrise angle is considerably higher along a straight edge of the sector compared to that near a sharp corner α < π, e.g., if the impacting body is a rectangular plate. Resolving this question is made possible by the discovered here mathematical equivalence of the problem to electromagnetic diffraction phenomena. The main result of the present study is the revealed and quantified influence of the geometry of a flat plate corner on the fluid flow around it, which also contributes to the understanding of certain three-dimensional effects in the water impact problem and provides a generalization of the classical two-dimensional results on the impact at zero deadrise angle. The offered theoretical solution is also qualitatively supported with the help of particle image velocimetry measurements.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4891229},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22311234}, journal = {Physics of Fluids (1994)},
issn = {1070-6631},
number = 7,
volume = 26,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}