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Ship bows with contiunous and splashless flow attachment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

M. A. D. Madurasinghe  and
E. O. Tuck
E. O. Tuck
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000
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In two-dimensional bow-like flows past a semi-infinite body, one must in general expect a free-surface discontinuity, in the form of a splash or spray jet. However, there is numerical evidence that special body shapes do exist for which this splash is absent. In this study, we first establish conditions on the geometry of the bow in order that it should be splash-free at zero gravity, by solving the mathematical problem exactly. We then obtain solutions for finite non-zero gravity, by solving a non-linear integral equation numerically. A class of splashless body geometries with a downward directed segment at the extreme of the bow, to which the free surface attaches tangentially, is demonstrated in detail.

Type
Research Article
Information
The ANZIAM Journal , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , April 1986 , pp. 442 - 452
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1986

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