Analysis model and numeral simulation for civil plane ditching

  • Tao Zhang
  • , Shu Li*
  • , Xiang Jiang
  • , Jinqiang Zhao
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A numerical simulation for water landing impact of a plane is presented. The Lagrange finite element equations and Euler control equations are solved by explicit integration method and Euler finite volume method. The general coupling method is used to realize fluid-mechanical interaction calculation. The dytran is applied to the numerical simulation. The pressure of plane landing in water reaches maximum value at the initial stage, and then some small pressures follow. Under the same conditions, the maximum pressure of the elastic model is smaller than that of the rigid model. The maximum pressure on plane ditching with attack angle of 5° is smaller than that with attack angle of 3°. The maximum pressure and the happened place change when attack angles change.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)392-394
Number of pages3
JournalNanjing Hangkong Hangtian Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Volume42
Issue number3
StatePublished - Jun 2010

Keywords

  • Finite element
  • Finite volume
  • Fluid-mechanical interaction
  • Water landing

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