Date of Award
Summer 1972
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Program/Concentration
Civil Engineering
Committee Director
Robert Y. K. Cheng
Call Number for Print
Special Collections; LD4331.E54 C42
Abstract
A technique for solving rigid-body impact on a viscous, incompressible medium is presented. The numerical scheme is adapted from the Marker and Cell (MAC) method developed to solve problems involving time-dependent motion of a viscous, incompressible fluid in two-dimensional space. As the pressure end velocity fields are computed throughout the flow field, the solution gives the force and displacement time history of the rigid-body during the impact phase. In conjunction with this, through a system of marker particles, the changes in configuration of the viscous medium on impact can be studied. With a "movie frame" (incremental time) approach, computational experimentation may be performed to examine in detail the phenomena of impact.
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DOI
10.25777/1nga-dy57
Recommended Citation
Chapman, Cecil T..
"A Numerical Technique for Solving Rigid Body Impact on an Incompressible, Viscous Medium"
(1972). Master of Science (MS), Thesis, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/1nga-dy57
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/cee_etds/180