Vertical water entry of a hydrophobic sphere into waves: Numerical computations and experiments

C Zhao, Q Wang, H Lu, H Liu - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The water entry cavity evolution and its flow structures for a sphere interacting with periodic
waves are investigated numerically and experimentally. The large eddy simulation is …

Numerical simulation for ice breaking and water entry of sphere

H Ren, X Zhao - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
A three-dimensional ice-water-structure interaction numerical model is developed to
simulate the ice breaking and water entry of rigid spheres. The algorithm employs the …

Experimental investigation of oblique water entry of high-speed truncated cone projectiles: Cavity dynamics and impact load

YT Sui, AM Zhang, FR Ming, S Li - Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Experiments on oblique water entry of high-speed projectiles are performed to investigate
cavity evolution and impact loads. The nose shape determines the cavity behavior and …

Numerical analysis of cavity deformation of oblique water entry using a multi-resolution two-phase SPH method

ZX Zhao, Y Hong, ZX Gong, H Liu - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
A slender body's impact and water entry generate a violent flow with the free surface, time-
dependent hydrodynamic loads, and motion or structural responses. The strong three …

Experimental investigations on the oblique water entry of hollow cylinders

Y Hou, Z Huang, Z Chen, Z Guo, Y Xu - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The oblique water entry of hollow cylinders with four different apertures is investigated
experimentally at low velocities. The evolution characteristics of cavities, jets and splashes …

Experimental study on the influence of the angle of attack on cavity evolution and surface load in the water entry of a cylinder

T Sun, C Shi, G Zhang, Z Zong, H Wang - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
The characteristics of cavity evolution and surface load in water entry by a constrained-
posture cylinder at different angles of attack are experimentally investigated. High-speed …

A fully 3D simulation of fluid-structure interaction with dynamic wetting and contact angle hysteresis

HL Li, HR Liu, H Ding - Journal of Computational Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, we propose a three-dimensional diffuse-interface immersed-boundary (3D
DIIB) method for the simulations of fluid-structure interaction (FSI) with dynamic wetting …

Numerical investigation of the influence of surface wettability on water entry of spheres

C Guo, Y Wu, Y Han, M Ji, Y Wang, Y Kuai - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The water-entry problem is a complex multiphase hydrodynamic problem that is directly
related to many engineering applications and natural phenomena, such as torpedo airdrops …

Combined experimental and numerical investigation of multiphase flow during water entry of spheres with different densities

D Li, M Zhang, B Huang, L Li, W Hu - International Journal of Multiphase …, 2023 - Elsevier
The objective of this work is to investigate the cavity dynamics during water entry of spheres
with varied structural density by a combined experimental and numerical method. Similar to …

Experimental and numerical studies on vertical water entry of a cylinder under the influence of current

C Qi, X Lyu, X Wang, H Ye, H Shi, Z Wan - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
When a moving object penetrates the free surface, it is often accompanied by complex
multiphase flow phenomena. In this work, the complicated impact cavity and flow …