WIT Press


On Experiments To Validate Computational Models To Describe Liquid Structure Impact

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

48

Pages

10

Published

2000

Size

1,611 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/SU000311

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

B. Goller

Abstract

Classical fluid dynamic codes are inadequate in describing severe distortion or splashing of a liquid impacting on a deformable structure. The recently developed discrete particle methods were expected to overcome the difficulties. In these methods, the liquid is modelled by an assemblage of discrete particles; in every time step different particles interact with one another or with the boundaries. Consequently, description of distortion or splashing of the liquid should not represent a problem. In order to check the computational model an experimental facility was built, in which liquid-solid-impacts under well known geometric conditions can be studied. Two types of impact experiments were performed: one without air gap between the liquid and the impacting sol

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