Diagnostic-photographic determination of drag/lift/torque coefficients of high speed rigid body in water column
Abstract
Prediction of a rigid body falling through water column with a high speed (such as Mk-84
bomb) needs formulas for drag/lift and torque coefficients, which depend on various
physical processes such as free surface penetration and bubbles. A semi-empirical
method is developed in this study to determine the drag/lift and torque coefficients for a
fast-moving rigid body in a water column. The theoretical part is to derive the relationships
(called diagnostic relationships) between (drag, lift, and torque) coefficients and
(position and orientation) of the rigid body from the three momentum equations and the
three moment of momentum equations. The empirical part is to collect data of trajectory
and orientation of a fast-moving rigid body using multiple high-speed video cameras
(10,000 Hz). Substitution of the digital photographic data into the theoretical relationships
leads to semi-empirical formulas of drag/lift and torque coefficients, which are
functions of the Reynolds number, attack angle, and rotation rate. This method was
verified by 1/12th Mk-84 bomb strike experiment with various tail configurations (tail
section with four fins, two fins, and no fin and no-tail section) conducted at the SRI test
site. The cost of this method is much lower than the traditional method using the wind
tunnel. Various trajectory patterns are found for different tail configurations.
Description
Journal of Applied Mechanics, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 77, 011015-1
The article of record as published may be located at http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.3173767
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