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The hydrodynamic impact of a falling body upon a viscous incompressible fluid
| dc.contributor.advisor | Morgan, Page W. | |
| dc.creator | Koehler, Buford Ray | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-08T17:47:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-01-08T17:47:58Z | |
| dc.date.created | 1974 | |
| dc.date.issued | 1971 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/DISSERTATIONS-171799 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The hydrodynamic impact of a falling body upon a viscous incompressible fluid is investigated by the development and solution of a mathematical model. The mathematical model simulates the impact of a rigid flat bottom body upon the quiescent free surface of viscous incompressible water. A compressible air layer exists between the falling body and the water free surface. The mathematical model is developed by applying the Navier-Stokes equations to the compressible air layer and the water. The compressible air layer is assumed to be one-dimensional within the layer. Velocity and pressure distributions within the air layer are calculated using the continuity equation and the one-dimensional momentum equation. The water free surface is allowed to deform as the air pressures acting on it increase. The two-dimensional rectangular coordinate form of the Navier-Stokes equations for an incompressible fluid are applied to the water. A normalization scheme is used which causes the water free surface to appear straight and simplifies the application of free surface boundary conditions. ... | en |
| dc.format.extent | 145 leaves | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| dc.subject.classification | 1974 Dissertation K77 | |
| dc.title | The hydrodynamic impact of a falling body upon a viscous incompressible fluid | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Interdisciplinary Engineering | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Texas A&M University | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | en |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Dieckert, Julius W. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Joham, H. E. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Niles, G. A. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Powell, Robert D. | |
| dc.type.genre | dissertations | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
| dc.publisher.digital | Texas A&M University. Libraries |
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