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Water entry of small disks, cones, or anything
W. Muneo Okiishi, Caleb Becker, Jesse Belden +2
The water entry of solid and liquid bodies has been studied for over a century, and various researchers have classified the different behaviors that occur when the gas-filled cavit…
The water entry surface seal behavior of spheres at intermediate speed regimes
Akihito Kiyama, Rafsan Rabbi, Nathan Speirs +3
This research focuses on the water entry of spheres in the surface seal regime. Herein, surface seal occurs in the wake of a sphere impact with the water surface and is characteriz…
Reducing water entry impact forces
Nathan B. Speirs, Jesse Belden, Zhao Pan +4
The forces on an object impacting the water are extreme in the early moments of water entry and can cause structural damage to biological and man-made bodies alike. These early-tim…