I.
NUMERICAL MODELING
INTRODUCTION
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Modelling by ANSYS
Air
Modification of K files
Selection of the optimal mesh
size and execution of numerical
computation
Solution by LS-DYNA
Water
No
Numerical
solution and its
analysis
Convergence
Yes
No
selection
Selection
Comparision
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III.
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TABLE I.
Parameters
Numerical
results
Water entry
velocity
V0 (m/s)
Maximum
acceleration
(10-7cm/s2)
Time of
maximum
acceleration
(s)
50
150
5.6
802
30
150
4.1
1500
20
150
3.6
2300
12
160
1.4
2100
From the series of figures, we also can see that the splash
effects can be numerically reproduced very well by the
adoption of the coupling algorithm. The 3D scenario of
cavitations is particularly visualized to display its creation,
its growing and its propagation. The collaboration of cavity
wall and the shell of AL-AUV actuate a bend torque, which
change the attitude of water entry. It takes responsibility for
the emergence of whip and ricochet behaviors. And it should
be avoided if the phenomenon becomes serious.
Case A
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
Case C
Case B
Case D
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IV.
CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The authors greatly appreciate the strong support for the
research from the Marine College, NWPU because of the
offer of the finite element code-ANSYS/LS-DYNA.
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