This paper studies the two-dimensional water-entry and sedimentation of an elliptic cylinder using the subparticle scale (SPS) turbulence model of a Lagrangian particle-based smoothed-particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method. The motion of the body is driven by the hydrodynamic forces and the gravity. The present study shows the ability of the SPH method for the simulation of free-surface-involving and multiphase flow problems. The full Navier–Stokes equation, along with the continuity equation, have been solved as the governing equations of the problem. The accuracy of the numerical code is verified using the case of the water-entry and exit of a circular cylinder. The numerical simulations of the water-entry and sedimentation of the vertical and horizontal elliptic cylinder with the diameter ratio of 0.75 are performed at the Froude numbers of 0, 2, 5, and 8, and the specific gravities of 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 1.75, 2, and 2.5. The effect of the governing parameters and vortex shedding behind the elliptic cylinder on the trajectory curves, velocity components within the flow field, rotation angle, the velocity of ellipse, and the deformation of free-surface have been investigated in detail.
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August 2014
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Numerical Simulation of Water-Entry and Sedimentation of an Elliptic Cylinder Using Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics Method
Roozbeh Saghatchi,
Roozbeh Saghatchi
1
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
e-mail: r.saghatchi@aut.ac.ir
Babol University of Technology
,Babol, 45136-74334
Iran
e-mail: r.saghatchi@aut.ac.ir
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Jafar Ghazanfarian,
Jafar Ghazanfarian
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University Boulevard,
e-mail: j.ghazanfarian@znu.ac.ir
University of Zanjan
,University Boulevard,
Zanjan, 45371-38791
Iran
e-mail: j.ghazanfarian@znu.ac.ir
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Mofid Gorji-Bandpy
Mofid Gorji-Bandpy
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
e-mail: gorji@nit.ac.ir
Babol University of Technology
,Babol, 45136-74334
Iran
e-mail: gorji@nit.ac.ir
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Roozbeh Saghatchi
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
e-mail: r.saghatchi@aut.ac.ir
Babol University of Technology
,Babol, 45136-74334
Iran
e-mail: r.saghatchi@aut.ac.ir
Jafar Ghazanfarian
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University Boulevard,
e-mail: j.ghazanfarian@znu.ac.ir
University of Zanjan
,University Boulevard,
Zanjan, 45371-38791
Iran
e-mail: j.ghazanfarian@znu.ac.ir
Mofid Gorji-Bandpy
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
e-mail: gorji@nit.ac.ir
Babol University of Technology
,Babol, 45136-74334
Iran
e-mail: gorji@nit.ac.ir
1Corresponding author.
Contributed by the Ocean, Offshore, and Arctic Engineering Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF OFFSHORE MECHANICS AND ARCTIC ENGINEERING Manuscript received July 19, 2012; final manuscript received February 7, 2014; published online April 1, 2014. Assoc. Editor: Antonio C. Fernandes.
J. Offshore Mech. Arct. Eng. Aug 2014, 136(3): 031801 (10 pages)
Published Online: April 1, 2014
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Received:
July 19, 2012
Revision Received:
February 7, 2014
Citation
Saghatchi, R., Ghazanfarian, J., and Gorji-Bandpy, M. (April 1, 2014). "Numerical Simulation of Water-Entry and Sedimentation of an Elliptic Cylinder Using Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics Method." ASME. J. Offshore Mech. Arct. Eng. August 2014; 136(3): 031801. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4026844
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