Modeling and numerical simulation of the forces acting on a sphere during early-water entry

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 76, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-9

  Abraham, John ^a   Gorman, John ^b   Reseghetti, Franco ^c   Sparrow, Ephraim ^a   Stark, John ^a   Shepard, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Drag forces; Oceanographic devices; Water entry forces

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG; NUMERICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPHERES; SURFACE WATERS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

APPROXIMATE ANALYSIS; DRAG FORCES; EXPENDABLE BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS; MODEL AND SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHIC DEVICES; PARAMETRIC VARIATION; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; WATER ENTRY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; MODELING; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPHERE;

EID: 84889645296     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2013.11.015     Document Type: Article

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