MODELLING WATER ENTRY OF A WEDGE BY MULTIPHASE SPH METHOD

Abstract

The hydrodynamic problem of two-dimensional wedge entering water is studied based on SPH model. A non-reflection boundary treatment for SPH method is proposed to reduce the size of computational domain. The details of water entry and enclosing are simulated using two phase SPH model. Both the water flow around the cavity and wedge and air flow inside the cavity are predicted simultaneity. Good agreement is obtained comparing experimental data in terms of both the hydrodynamics force exerting on the wedge and geometry of the cavity and jet.