Numerical Simulation of Flight and Impact of Windborne Debris

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Nomura
Keyword(s):  
Impact Force ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Pressure Oscillation ◽  
Flight Simulation ◽  
Rigid Sphere ◽  
Computational Domain ◽  
Time Step ◽  
Windborne Debris ◽  
Short Time ◽  
The Impact

Numerical methods to simulate flight and impact of windborne debris are described. The problems are treated as fluid–structure interaction problems based on the ALE finite element flow analysis in order to deal with arbitrary shape of flying objects as well as dynamical change of aerodynamic forces. For the flight simulation, the computational domain travels with the flying object because usually the fight distance is much longer than the size of the debris. For the numerical impact process, the magnitude of the impact force is determined by iteration so that the velocity of the sphere after impact converges to zero. Furthermore, in order to suppress unphysical step-by-step pressure oscillation, the time step at the impact is subdivided into a set of multiple short time steps with a smooth impact force function. Several numerical examples of a rigid sphere show satisfactory features of these methods.

scholarly journals Parametric Study on the Free-Fall Water Entry of a Sphere by Using the RANS Method

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 122
Author(s):  
Pengyao Yu ◽  
Cong Shen ◽  
Chunbo Zhen ◽  
Haoyun Tang ◽  
Tianlin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Impact Velocity ◽  
Impact Force ◽  
Free Fall ◽  
Water Entry ◽  
Time Step ◽  
Measuring Device ◽  
Mesh Density ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Peak Value ◽  
Rans Method

Motivated by the application of water-entry problems in the air-drop deployment of a spherical oceanographic measuring device, the free-fall water entry of a sphere was numerically investigated by using the transient Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) method. A convergence study was carried out, which accounts for the mesh density and time-step independence. The present model was validated by the comparison of non-dimensional impact force with previous experimental and numerical results. Effects of parameters, such as impact velocity, radius, and mass of the sphere on the impact force and the acceleration of the sphere, are discussed. It is found that the peak value of the non-dimensional impact force is independent of the impact velocity and the radius of the sphere, while it depends on the mass of the sphere. By fitting the relationship between the peak value of the non-dimensional impact force and the non-dimensional mass, simplified formulas for the prediction of peak values of the impact force and the acceleration were achieved, which will be useful in the design of the spherical oceanographic measuring device.

scholarly journals Spatial interpolation of hourly rainfall – effect of additional information, variogram inference and storm properties

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 6407-6446 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Verworn ◽  
U. Haberlandt
Keyword(s):  
Weather Radar ◽  
Radar Data ◽  
Time Step ◽  
Study Region ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Kriging With External Drift ◽  
Hourly Rainfall ◽  
Short Time ◽  
The Impact ◽  
External Drift

Abstract. Hydrological modelling of floods relies on precipitation data with a high resolution in space and time. A reliable spatial representation of short time step rainfall is often difficult to achieve due to a low network density. In this study hourly precipitation was spatially interpolated with the multivariate geostatistical method kriging with external drift (KED) using additional information from topography, rainfall data from the denser daily networks and weather radar data. Investigations were carried out for several flood events in the time period between 2000 and 2005 caused by different meteorological conditions. The 125 km radius around the radar station Ummendorf in northern Germany covered the overall study region. One objective was to assess the effect of different approaches for estimation of semivariograms on the interpolation performance of short time step rainfall. Another objective was the refined application of the method kriging with external drift. Special attention was not only given to find the most relevant additional information, but also to combine the additional information in the best possible way. A multi-step interpolation procedure was applied to better consider sub-regions without rainfall. The impact of different semivariogram types on the interpolation performance was low. While it varied over the events, an averaged semivariogram was sufficient overall. Weather radar data were the most valuable additional information for KED for convective summer events. For interpolation of stratiform winter events using daily rainfall as additional information was sufficient. The application of the multi-step procedure significantly helped to improve the representation of fractional precipitation coverage.

Development of a Simulation System for Estimating the Impact Force of Tsunami Drift Using the Explicit MPS Method

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuhiro Aida ◽  
Tomoki Ikoma ◽  
Koichi Masuda
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Impact Force ◽  
Particle Method ◽  
Simulation System ◽  
Computational Time ◽  
Water Tank ◽  
Time Step ◽  
Mps Method ◽  
Fluid Particles ◽  
The Impact

Abstract When a large-scale tsunami occurs, structures in the coastal area will be destroyed by the impact of tsunami drifts. In the design of tsunami evacuation facilities and petroleum complexes, it is necessary to estimate the impact force of tsunami drift, which varies in size, shape and mass. Although some design equations have been proposed to estimate the impact force of tsunami drift, the impact force varies depending on various conditions such as the draft of the tsunami drifts, the attitude of the collision, the condition of the surrounding flow field, and the rigidity of the structure, etc. No reasonable design equation has been developed yet to meet all these conditions. Therefore, it is necessary to estimate the impact force of tsunami drift by water tank experiments and numerical simulations. In order to simulate the impact of a tsunami drift on a structure by numerical simulation, it is necessary to solve the coupling of fluid, floating object and structure. In this study, we have developed a simulation system that can simulate the impact force of a tsunami drift with the MPS method, which is a kind of particle method. This simulation system introduces an explicit method for pressure calculation, which allows for relatively large scale numerical calculations. In addition, the system is able to reproduce the deformation of structures as an elastic body due to the impact of tsunami drift. In particular, we have introduced an analytical method that allows us to set the computational time step that satisfy the CFL conditions for elastic and fluid particles, respectively, for stable simulation even when there is a large difference between the velocity of fluid particles and the velocity of structural particles caused by elastic waves. As a result of the comparison of the impact force on the cantilevered beam of the tsunami drift with the simulation and the water tank test, the deformation of the structure at the time of impact was reproduced with more than 90% accuracy.

scholarly journals Spatial interpolation of hourly rainfall – effect of additional information, variogram inference and storm properties

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 569-584 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Verworn ◽  
U. Haberlandt
Keyword(s):  
Weather Radar ◽  
Radar Data ◽  
Time Step ◽  
Study Region ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Kriging With External Drift ◽  
Hourly Rainfall ◽  
Short Time ◽  
The Impact ◽  
External Drift

Abstract. Hydrological modelling of floods relies on precipitation data with a high resolution in space and time. A reliable spatial representation of short time step rainfall is often difficult to achieve due to a low network density. In this study hourly precipitation was spatially interpolated with the multivariate geostatistical method kriging with external drift (KED) using additional information from topography, rainfall data from the denser daily networks and weather radar data. Investigations were carried out for several flood events in the time period between 2000 and 2005 caused by different meteorological conditions. The 125 km radius around the radar station Ummendorf in northern Germany covered the overall study region. One objective was to assess the effect of different approaches for estimation of semivariograms on the interpolation performance of short time step rainfall. Another objective was the refined application of the method kriging with external drift. Special attention was not only given to find the most relevant additional information, but also to combine the additional information in the best possible way. A multi-step interpolation procedure was applied to better consider sub-regions without rainfall. The impact of different semivariogram types on the interpolation performance was low. While it varied over the events, an averaged semivariogram was sufficient overall. Weather radar data were the most valuable additional information for KED for convective summer events. For interpolation of stratiform winter events using daily rainfall as additional information was sufficient. The application of the multi-step procedure significantly helped to improve the representation of fractional precipitation coverage.

Some thought on the Estimating of the Impact Force by an Experiment

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-213
Author(s):  
Yong-Doo Kim ◽  
Seung-Jae Lim ◽  
Hyun-Ung Bae ◽  
Kyoung-Ju Kim ◽  
Chin-Ok Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Impact Force ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Impact of public health interventions to curb SARS-CoV-2 spread assessed by an evidence-educated Delphi panel and tailored SEIR model

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernd Brüggenjürgen ◽  
Hans-Peter Stricker ◽  
Lilian Krist ◽  
Miriam Ortiz ◽  
Thomas Reinhold ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Transmission Rate ◽  
Latency Period ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
Sensitivity Analyses ◽  
Delphi Panel ◽  
Time Step ◽  
Seir Model ◽  
Health Policy Decision ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Aim To use a Delphi-panel-based assessment of the effectiveness of different non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) in order to retrospectively approximate and to prospectively predict the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic progression via a SEIR model (susceptible, exposed, infectious, removed). Methods We applied an evidence-educated Delphi-panel approach to elicit the impact of NPIs on the SARS-CoV-2 transmission rate R0 in Germany. Effectiveness was defined as the product of efficacy and compliance. A discrete, deterministic SEIR model with time step of 1 day, a latency period of 1.8 days, duration of infectiousness of 5 days, and a share of the total population of 15% assumed to be protected by immunity was developed in order to estimate the impact of selected NPI measures on the course of the pandemic. The model was populated with the Delphi-panel results and varied in sensitivity analyses. Results Efficacy and compliance estimates for the three most effective NPIs were as follows: test and isolate 49% (efficacy)/78% (compliance), keeping distance 42%/74%, personal protection masks (cloth masks or other face masks) 33%/79%. Applying all NPI effectiveness estimates to the SEIR model resulted in a valid replication of reported occurrence of the German SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. A combination of four NPIs at consented compliance rates might curb the CoViD-19 pandemic. Conclusion Employing an evidence-educated Delphi-panel approach can support SARS-CoV-2 modelling. Future curbing scenarios require a combination of NPIs. A Delphi-panel-based NPI assessment and modelling might support public health policy decision making by informing sequence and number of needed public health measures.

scholarly journals Energy Performance Assessment of Innovative Building Solutions Coming from Construction and Demolition Waste Materials

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 1226
Author(s):  
Beatriz Fraga-De Cal ◽  
Antonio Garrido-Marijuan ◽  
Olaia Eguiarte ◽  
Beñat Arregi ◽  
Ander Romero-Amorrortu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Insulation ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Construction And Demolition Waste ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Demolition Waste ◽  
The Impact

Prefabricated solutions incorporating thermal insulation are increasingly adopted as an energy conservation measure for building renovation. The InnoWEE European project developed three technologies from Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW) materials through a manufacturing process that supports the circular economy strategy of the European Union. Two of them consisted of geopolymer panels incorporated into an External Thermal Insulation Composite System (ETICS) and a ventilated façade. This study evaluates their thermal performance by means of monitoring data from three pilot case studies in Greece, Italy, and Romania, and calibrated building simulation models enabling the reliable prediction of energy savings in different climates and use scenarios. Results showed a reduction in energy demand for all demo buildings, with annual energy savings up to 25% after placing the novel insulation solutions. However, savings are highly dependent on weather conditions since the panels affect cooling and heating loads differently. Finally, a parametric assessment is performed to assess the impact of insulation thickness through an energy performance prediction and a cash flow analysis.

scholarly journals Sandwich panel with in-plane honeycombs in different Poisson's ratio under low to medium impact loads

2021 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-157
Author(s):  
Yi Luo ◽  
Ke Yuan ◽  
Lumin Shen ◽  
Jiefu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Poisson’S Ratio ◽  
Sandwich Panel ◽  
Impact Force ◽  
Impact Resistance ◽  
Poisson's Ratio ◽  
Compression Performance ◽  
Post Impact ◽  
Local Impact ◽  
Collapse Behavior ◽  
The Impact

Abstract In this study, a series of in-plane hexagonal honeycombs with different Poisson's ratio induced by topological diversity are studied, considering re-entrant, semi-re-entrant and convex cells, respectively. The crushing strength of honeycomb in terms of Poisson's ratio is firstly presented. In the previous research, we have studied the compression performance of honeycomb with different negative Poisson's ratio. In this study, a comparative study on the local impact resistance of different sandwich panels is conducted by considering a spherical projectile with low to medium impact speed. Some critical criteria (i.e. local indentation profile, global deflection, impact force and energy absorption) are adopted to analyze the impact resistance. Finally, an influential mechanism of Poisson's ratio on the local impact resistance of sandwich panel is studied by considering the variation of core strength and post-impact collapse behavior.

Pre-Impact Configuration Designing of a Robot Manipulator for Impact Minimization

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingchen Hu ◽  
Tianshu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Impact Force ◽  
Robot Manipulator ◽  
Analytical Formula ◽  
Joint Space ◽  
Collision Problem ◽  
Spatial Operator ◽  
Inertia Ellipsoid ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Maximum Minimum ◽  
Simple Analytical Formula

This paper studies the collision problem of a robot manipulator and presents a method to minimize the impact force by pre-impact configuration designing. First, a general dynamic model of a robot manipulator capturing a target is established by spatial operator algebra (SOA) and a simple analytical formula of the impact force is obtained. Compared with former models proposed in literatures, this model has simpler form, wider range of applications, O(n) computation complexity, and the system Jacobian matrix can be provided as a production of the configuration matrix and the joint matrix. Second, this work utilizes the impulse ellipsoid to analyze the influence of the pre-impact configuration and the impact direction on the impact force. To illustrate the inertia message of each body in the joint space, a new concept of inertia quasi-ellipsoid (IQE) is introduced. We find that the impulse ellipsoid is constituted of the inertia ellipsoids of the robot manipulator and the target, while each inertia ellipsoid is composed of a series of inertia quasi-ellipsoids. When all inertia quasi-ellipsoids exhibit maximum (minimum) coupling, the impulse ellipsoid should be the flattest (roundest). Finally, this paper provides the analytical expression of the impulse ellipsoid, and the eigenvalues and eigenvectors are used as measurements to illustrate the size and direction of the impulse ellipsoid. With this measurement, the desired pre-impact configuration and the impact direction with minimum impact force can be easily solved. The validity and efficiency of this method are verified by a PUMA robot and a spatial robot.

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