Pure and aerated water entry of a flat plate
- Submitting institution
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University of Plymouth
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1960
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1063/1.4940043
- Title of journal
- Physics of Fluids
- Article number
- 016104
- First page
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- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 1070-6631
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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6
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper details findings from the "slam" impact tests undertaken in the multi-partner EPSRC-funded FROTH (Fundamentals and Reliability of Offshore Structure Hydrodynamics) project. The slam configuration models, for example, breaking waves on ship hulls. The outcomes were of great interest to industry partners e.g. Saipem, as they demonstrated from both numerical and physical laboratory modelling that impact loads are reduced in slightly aerated water, an important finding for maritime engineering, natural hazards and water sports sectors. For maritime engineering it means that previous designs might have been overly conservative if based on impact pressures, so cost reductions are possible.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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