A constrained interpolation profile (CIP) method has been developed to solve 2-D water entry problems. This paper presents the further development of the numerical method using staggered grids and a parallel computing algorithm. In this work, the multi-phase slamming problems, governed by the Navier-Stokes (N-S) equations, are solved by a CIP-based finite difference method. The interfaces between different phases (solid, water and air) are captured using density functions. A parallel computing algorithm based on the Message Passing Interface (MPI) method and the domain decomposition scheme was implemented to speed up the computations. The effect of decomposition scheme on the solution and the speed-up were studied.
Validation studies were carried out for the water entry of various 2-D wedges and a ship section. The predicted slamming force, pressure distribution and free surface elevation are compared with experimental results and other numerical results.
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