On Air-Cavity Formation during Water Entry of Flexible Wedges

Elastic bodies entering water might experience fluid⁻structure interaction phenomena introduced by the mutual interaction between structural deformation and fluid motion. Cavity formation, often misleadingly named cavitation, is one of these. This work presents the results of an experiment...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Riccardo Panciroli, Tiziano Pagliaroli, Giangiacomo Minak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Subjects:
FSI
SPH
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/6/4/155