Experimental investigation of the water entry and/or exit of axisymmetric bodies

This paper presents an experimental investigation of the evolution of the wetted surface and of the hydrodynamic force during the water exit of a body initially floating at the water surface, and during combined water entry and exit. The evolution of the surface of contact between the body and the w...

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Published in:Journal of fluid mechanics 2020-10, Vol.901, Article A37
Main Authors: Breton, Thibaut, Tassin, A., Jacques, N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Axisymmetric bodies
Boundary value problems
Combined water
Computational fluid dynamics
Engineering Sciences
Evolution
Feasibility studies
Fluids
Fluids mechanics
Hydrodynamics
JFM Papers
Lighting
Mechanics
Mockups
Pressure distribution
Problems
Scandals
Self-similarity
Simulation
Velocity
Water
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Summary:This paper presents an experimental investigation of the evolution of the wetted surface and of the hydrodynamic force during the water exit of a body initially floating at the water surface, and during combined water entry and exit. The evolution of the surface of contact between the body and the water is measured using transparent mock-ups and an LED edge-lighting system. This technique makes it possible to follow the evolution of the wetted surface during both the entry and exit phases with a high-speed video camera placed above the mock-up. The feasibility of the technique is shown for different axisymmetric bodies: a circular disc, a cone and a sphere. The evolution of the hydrodynamic force and of the radius of the wetted surface measured during the experiments are compared with theoretical results obtained with a combined Wagner-modified von Karman approach (Tassin et al. J. Fluids Struct., vol. 40, 2013, pp. 317–336), the linearized water exit model of Korobkin et al. (J. Fluids Struct., vol. 69, 2017a, pp. 16–33) and the small-time self-similar solution of Korobkin et al. (J. Engng Maths, vol. 102, 2017b, pp. 117–130).
ISSN:0022-1120
1469-7645
DOI:10.1017/jfm.2020.559