Exact variational formulation of free-surface gravity flow around hydrofoils accounting for surface tension

2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (S1) ◽  
pp. 45-48
Author(s):  
Gao-Lian Liu
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Free Surface ◽  
Variational Formulation ◽  
Surface Gravity ◽  
Gravity Flow

The Fundamental Solution in the Theory of Steady Motion of a Ship

1977 ◽  
Vol 21 (02) ◽  
pp. 82-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Noblesse
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Green Function ◽  
Fundamental Solution ◽  
Velocity Potential ◽  
Steady Motion ◽  
Surface Gravity ◽  
Gravity Flow ◽  
The Green Function ◽  
Havelock Source ◽  
Uniform Stream

The paper presents a simplified new expression for the fundamental solution (the Green function) in the theory of steady motion of a ship, that is, the linearized disturbance velocity potential of the steady, inviscid free-surface gravity flow due to a unit source in an oncoming uniform stream, sometimes also referred to as the "Havelock source potential."

Two-dimensional free-surface gravity flow past blunt bodies

1972 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 529-543 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Dagan ◽  
M. P. Tulin
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Froude Number ◽  
The Body ◽  
Surface Gravity ◽  
Gravity Flow ◽  
Breaking Wave ◽  
Infinite Length ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Flow Past ◽  
Outer Expansion

Most of the wave resistance of blunt bow displacement ships is caused by the bow-breaking wave. A theoretical study of the phenomenon for the two-dimensional steady flow past a blunt body of semi-infinite length is presented. The exact equations of free-surface gravity flow are solved approximately by two perturbation expansions. The small Froude number solution, representing the flow beneath an unbroken free surface before the body, is carried out to second order. The breaking of the free surface is assumed to be related to a local Taylor instability, and the application of the stability criterion determines the value of the critical Froude number which characterizes breaking. The high Froude number solution is based on the model of a jet detaching from the bow and not returning to the flow field. The outer expansion of the equations yields the linearized gravity flow equations, which are solved by the Wiener-Hopf technique. The inner expansion gives a nonlinear gravity-free flow in the vicinity of the bow a t zero order. The matching of the inner and outer expansions provides the jet thickness as well as the associated drag.

scholarly journals Nonlinear two-dimensional free surface solutions of flow exiting a pipe and impacting a wedge

2021 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Doak ◽  
Jean-Marc Vanden-Broeck
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Integral Equation ◽  
Free Surface ◽  
Boundary Integral ◽  
Boundary Integral Method ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Numerical Schemes ◽  
Additional Advantage ◽  
Infinite Wedge ◽  
Good Agreement

AbstractThis paper concerns the flow of fluid exiting a two-dimensional pipe and impacting an infinite wedge. Where the flow leaves the pipe there is a free surface between the fluid and a passive gas. The model is a generalisation of both plane bubbles and flow impacting a flat plate. In the absence of gravity and surface tension, an exact free streamline solution is derived. We also construct two numerical schemes to compute solutions with the inclusion of surface tension and gravity. The first method involves mapping the flow to the lower half-plane, where an integral equation concerning only boundary values is derived. This integral equation is solved numerically. The second method involves conformally mapping the flow domain onto a unit disc in the s-plane. The unknowns are then expressed as a power series in s. The series is truncated, and the coefficients are solved numerically. The boundary integral method has the additional advantage that it allows for solutions with waves in the far-field, as discussed later. Good agreement between the two numerical methods and the exact free streamline solution provides a check on the numerical schemes.

A note on the instabilities of a horizontal shear flow with a free surface

2000 ◽  
Vol 406 ◽  
pp. 337-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. ENGEVIK
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Free Surface ◽  
Shear Flow ◽  
Velocity Profile ◽  
Froude Number ◽  
The Other ◽  
Algebraic Equations ◽  
Horizontal Shear ◽  
Analytical Treatment ◽  
Unstable Region

The instabilities of a free surface shear flow are considered, with special emphasis on the shear flow with the velocity profile U* = U*0sech2 (by*). This velocity profile, which is found to model very well the shear flow in the wake of a hydrofoil, has been focused on in previous studies, for instance by Dimas & Triantyfallou who made a purely numerical investigation of this problem, and by Longuet-Higgins who simplified the problem by approximating the velocity profile with a piecewise-linear profile to make it amenable to an analytical treatment. However, none has so far recognized that this problem in fact has a very simple solution which can be found analytically; that is, the stability boundaries, i.e. the boundaries between the stable and the unstable regions in the wavenumber (k)–Froude number (F)-plane, are given by simple algebraic equations in k and F. This applies also when surface tension is included. With no surface tension present there exist two distinct regimes of unstable waves for all values of the Froude number F > 0. If 0 < F [Lt ] 1, then one of the regimes is given by 0 < k < (1 − F2/6), the other by F−2 < k < 9F−2, which is a very extended region on the k-axis. When F [Gt ] 1 there is one small unstable region close to k = 0, i.e. 0 < k < 9/(4F2), the other unstable region being (3/2)1/2F−1 < k < 2 + 27/(8F2). When surface tension is included there may be one, two or even three distinct regimes of unstable modes depending on the value of the Froude number. For small F there is only one instability region, for intermediate values of F there are two regimes of unstable modes, and when F is large enough there are three distinct instability regions.

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