Comparative Study on Water Impact Problem

Liang Yang, Hao Yang, Shiqiang Yan, Qingwei Ma, Maria Bihnam

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    Abstract

    This paper presents a comparative numerical study for the water impact problems due to dropping of triangular wedges or ship sections. In the numerical investigation, both the dynamic mesh technique and immersed boundary method adopting fixed Cartesian grids have been adopted in order to conform to the motion of the structure. For the former, a multiple-phase solver with the volume of fluid for identifying the free surface is implemented. In the simulation using this method, both the compressible and incompressible solvers have been considered to explore the role of the compressibility. For the latter, an in-house immersed boundary method, in which a generalized equation is developed to govern the motion of different phases (air, water and solid) and a level-set method is adopted to identify the free surface & body surfaces. Different cases with different dropping speed have been considered in the investigation and the results are compared with the experimental data for the comparative study on the water impact problem.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationThe 26th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, 26 June-2 July, Rhodes, Greece
    PublisherInternational Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers
    Number of pages8
    ISBN (Electronic)978-1-880653-88-3
    Publication statusPublished - Jun 2016

    Publication series

    NameProceedings of Annual International Ocean (Offshore) and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE)
    PublisherISOPE
    ISSN (Print)1098-6189

    Keywords

    • Water impact
    • comparative study
    • immersed boundary method
    • CFD

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