Abstract
The water entry of structures is a complex gas–liquid flow. This paper studies the asymmetrical flow characteristics of a curved hull section entering water through numerical and experimental methods. The free-falling test from drop heights of 250–900 mm and inclination angles from 0° to 20° is carried out. Compared to a smooth hull section (cutting the bottom appendage), the experimental results observe some special asymmetrical flow phenomena (i.e., flow separation, jet impact, bubble flows, and bubble expansion). The physical mechanisms behind these flows are explained through combing the free surface flow and pressure distribution obtained by the numerical method. The effects of the inclination angle and impact velocities on these flow phenomena are further discussed, and they increase the degree of flow separation, bubble volume, and fragmentation. The load characteristics before and after cavity formation are analyzed based on a volume-of-fluid method. The high pressure caused by bubble closure can produce an instantaneous impulse pressure that even be 34% larger than the conventional impact pressure and is worth noting. This study clarifies some complex asymmetrical impact flow characteristics of curved hull sections and thus reveals the evolution mechanism of gas–liquid flows for complex geometries during oblique water entry.
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