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Hydroelastic effects of slamming impact Loads During free-Fall water entry

Hydroelastic effects of slamming impact Loads During free-Fall water entry
Hydroelastic effects of slamming impact Loads During free-Fall water entry

This paper examines the hydroelastic problems of a two-dimensional symmetric flexible wedge water entry through free-fall motion. Water entry is numerically investigated by coupled Finite Volume Method and Finite Element Method using a strong two-way coupling approach. The emphasis of this study is on numerical approach and the paper provides an accurate two-way FSI coupling method for the water entry of two-dimensional symmetric elastic wedge section in different conditions. The effect of freefall velocity is investigated by comparing the constant velocity and freefall impacts. It is shown that the bottom deflection is overestimated by using the constant velocity. In order to evaluate the accuracy of the numerical model, the numerical results are compared and validated against published experimental data and favourable agreement is reported. The vertical position, impact velocity, acceleration, pressure distribution, and deflection along the bottom plate of the elastic wedge are evaluated and compared to experimental data. For better understanding of the hydroelastic slamming, the results are presented for different deadrise angles and vertical velocities. The relation between the structural deflection and vertical velocity, deadrise angle, and pressure distribution is investigated. It is observed that the significance of hydroelasticity increases with decreasing deadrise angle and increasing impact velocity.

Flexible Wedge, Fluid–Structure Interaction, Free-fall Water Entry, Hydroelastic Slamming
1744-5302
68-84
Hosseinzadeh, Saeed
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Tabri, Kristjan
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Hosseinzadeh, Saeed
47ee65b8-f6a8-4c4f-b99c-146eb389464b
Tabri, Kristjan
356c5b68-8f06-4c67-8b75-14216758c1c8

Hosseinzadeh, Saeed and Tabri, Kristjan (2021) Hydroelastic effects of slamming impact Loads During free-Fall water entry. Ships and Offshore Structures, 16 (Suppl 1), 68-84. (doi:10.1080/17445302.2021.1954320).

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This paper examines the hydroelastic problems of a two-dimensional symmetric flexible wedge water entry through free-fall motion. Water entry is numerically investigated by coupled Finite Volume Method and Finite Element Method using a strong two-way coupling approach. The emphasis of this study is on numerical approach and the paper provides an accurate two-way FSI coupling method for the water entry of two-dimensional symmetric elastic wedge section in different conditions. The effect of freefall velocity is investigated by comparing the constant velocity and freefall impacts. It is shown that the bottom deflection is overestimated by using the constant velocity. In order to evaluate the accuracy of the numerical model, the numerical results are compared and validated against published experimental data and favourable agreement is reported. The vertical position, impact velocity, acceleration, pressure distribution, and deflection along the bottom plate of the elastic wedge are evaluated and compared to experimental data. For better understanding of the hydroelastic slamming, the results are presented for different deadrise angles and vertical velocities. The relation between the structural deflection and vertical velocity, deadrise angle, and pressure distribution is investigated. It is observed that the significance of hydroelasticity increases with decreasing deadrise angle and increasing impact velocity.

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Accepted/In Press date: 1 July 2021
e-pub ahead of print date: 22 July 2021
Additional Information: Funding Information: This research work has been financially supported by the Estonian Research Council via grant PRG83 (Numerical simulation of the FSI for the dynamic loads and response of ships). This help is here kindly appreciated.
Keywords: Flexible Wedge, Fluid–Structure Interaction, Free-fall Water Entry, Hydroelastic Slamming

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Local EPrints ID: 486134
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/486134
ISSN: 1744-5302
PURE UUID: b29a49e0-1a2d-4a82-a0e0-13791ddde69a
ORCID for Saeed Hosseinzadeh: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5830-888X

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Date deposited: 10 Jan 2024 17:41
Last modified: 18 Mar 2024 04:16

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Author: Saeed Hosseinzadeh ORCID iD
Author: Kristjan Tabri

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