Water entry of projectiles

TT Truscott, BP Epps, J Belden - Annual review of fluid …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
The free-surface impact of solid objects has been investigated for well over a century. This
canonical problem is influenced by many physical parameters, including projectile …

Bubble dynamics and its applications

SP Wang, AM Zhang, YL Liu, S Zhang, P Cui - Journal of Hydrodynamics, 2018 - Springer
Bubbles have very important applications in many fields such as shipbuilding engineering,
ocean engineering, mechanical engineering, environmental engineering, chemical …

Investigation of hydrodynamics of water impact and tail slamming of high-speed water entry with a novel immersed boundary method

WT Liu, AM Zhang, XH Miao, FR Ming… - Journal of Fluid …, 2023 - cambridge.org
High-speed water entry is a transient hydrodynamic process that is accompanied by strongly
compressible flow, free surface splash, cavity evolution and other nonlinear hydrodynamic …

Theoretical study on bubble dynamics under hybrid-boundary and multi-bubble conditions using the unified equation

AM Zhang, SM Li, P Cui, S Li, YL Liu - Science China Physics, Mechanics …, 2023 - Springer
This paper aims to use the unified bubble dynamics equation to investigate bubble behavior
in complex scenarios involving hybrid free surface/wall boundaries and interactions …

Investigation of free surface effect on the cavity expansion and contraction in high-speed water entry

XJ Liu, WT Liu, FR Ming, YL Liu… - Journal of Fluid …, 2024 - cambridge.org
The evolution of the water-entry cavity affects the impact load and the motion of the body.
This paper adopts the Eulerian finite element method for multiphase flow for simulations of …

The water entry of decelerating spheres

JM Aristoff, TT Truscott, AH Techet, JWM Bush - Physics of fluids, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
We present the results of a combined experimental and theoretical investigation of the
vertical impact of low-density spheres on a water surface. Particular attention is given to …

Experimental study on the cavity dynamics of a sphere entering flowing water

X Wang, C Qi, C Liu, R Sun, X Lyu - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
This paper delves into the dynamics of a sphere entering flowing water at varying impact
velocities and flow speeds. Using a high-speed photography system and image processing …

Bioinspired superhydrophobic fibrous materials

Z Tang, B Xu, X Man, H Liu - Small Methods, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Natural fibers with robust water repellency play an important role in adapting organisms to
various environments, which has inspired the development of artificial superhydrophobic …

An experimental study of the water entry trajectories of truncated cone projectiles: The influence of nose parameters

YT Sui, S Li, FR Ming, A Zhang - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
We report on an experimental study of the trajectories of truncated cone projectiles on water
entry. The water entry trajectory stability is of great significance to the motion control of …

Experimental and numerical study of the water entry of projectiles at high oblique entry speed

ZJ Song, WY Duan, GD Xu, BB Zhao - Ocean Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
The water entry of cylindrical projectiles at high oblique speed has been investigated
experimentally and numerically. Projectiles with three types of noses and different lengths …