Falling of a body with a flat elastic bottom on a thin liquid layer at a small angle

Abstract

Nonlinear shallow water equations and the method of matched asymptotic expansions are used to solve the problem of the impact of a box-type body with a flat bottom on a thin elastic liquid layer at a small angle in the plane formulation. It is established that, at certain values of the input parameters of the problem, the liquid pressure near the body edges becomes less than atmospheric pressure, and the liquid separates from the bottom of the box. Calculations demonstrating the influence of elastic bottom and liquid separation on the body motion are performed. It is shown that the presence of an elastic bottom significantly changes the hydrodynamic pressure distribution and can cause loads higher than in the case of a rigid body.