Author(s): Christine Gilbert, John Gilbert, and M. Javad Javaherian
Wedge water entry serves as a key model to understand phenomena like high-speed craft slamming, seaplane landings, and diving aquatic birds. In this paper, wedge water entry experiments and simulations are used to examine how hydrodynamic loads, structural deflection, water contact lines, and rigid body motions are influenced by changes in the flexural rigidity of the wedge’s...