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| Author(s): |
Flávia Milo dos Santos
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Politécnica (EP/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2013-10-08 |
| Examining board members: |
Celso Pupo Pesce;
José Augusto Penteado Aranha;
Clodoaldo Grotta Ragazzo;
Alexandre Nicolaos Simos;
Sergio Hamilton Sphaier
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| Advisor: | Celso Pupo Pesce |
| Abstract | |
In terms of classical hydrodynamics, the hydrodynamic impact problem is characterized as a boundary problem with moving boundary which position must be determined simultaneously with the solution of the field equation. This feature brings difficulties to get analytical and numerical solutions. In this sense, the purpose of this work is to present a variational method technique specifically designed for the hydrodynamic impact problem of axisymmetric rigid bodies on the free surface. The solution of the nonlinear dynamic equation of the impacting motion depends on the determination of the added mass tensor and its derivative with respect to time at each integration time step. This is done through a variational method technique that leads to a second-order error approximation for the added mass if a first-order error approximation is sought for the velocity potential. This method is an example of desingularized numerical techniques, through which the velocity potential is approximated in a sub-space of finite dimension, formed by trial functions derived from elementary potential solutions, such as poles, dipoles, and vortex rings, which are placed inside the body. The potential problem of hydrodynamic impact, characterized by the dominance of inertial forces, is here formulated by assuming the liquid surface as equipotential, what allows the analogy with the infinity frequency limit in the usual free surface oscillating floating body problem. The method is applied to the vertical hydrodynamic impact of axisymmetric bodies within the so-called Generalized von Kármán Model (GvKM). In such approach, the exact body boundary condition is full-filled and the wet correction is not taken into account. Numerical results for the added mass coefficient for a family of spheroids are presented. Moreover, considerations are made on the effects of the free surface elevation for the specific case of an impacting sphere, through analytical approaches. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 10/07008-9 - Numerical methods for the hydrodynamic impact problem in ocean structures |
| Grantee: | Flávia Milo dos Santos |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |