Inclined entry of a blunt profile into an ideal fluid

Abstract

A study is made of the two-dimensional unsteady motion of an ideal incompressible fluid due to the entry into it of a blunt profile at a given angle of attack. In the initial stage of the process, when the penetration depth is relatively small, the problem can be investigated by the methods of asymptotic analysis. The dimensionless time t plays the part of the small parameter. It is shown that to 0(t²) as t → 0 the displacement field of the fluid particles does not depend on the angle of attack and is determined by the solution to the problem of vertical entry. The asymptotic behaviors of the principal vector and principal moment of the forces exerted on the profile by the fluid at short times are found. The asymptotic behavior of the principal moment of the forces is proportional to the distance traversed by the body along the surface of the fluid.