A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT TO MEASURE THE SPLASH MASS PRODUCED BY A FREE-FALLING BUOYANT SPHERE IMPACTING A DEEP QUIESCENT LIQUID

Authors
SAMPSON RD CHUNG KK LOZOWSKI EP
Citation
Rd. Sampson et al., A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT TO MEASURE THE SPLASH MASS PRODUCED BY A FREE-FALLING BUOYANT SPHERE IMPACTING A DEEP QUIESCENT LIQUID, Journal of colloid and interface science, 181(2), 1996, pp. 673-675
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical
Journal title
Journal of colloid and interface science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219797
Volume
181
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
673 - 675
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9797(1996)181:2<673:ASETMT>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Experimental data show that the splash mass produced by a free-falling buoyant sphere impacting a water surface is a function of its impact velocity raised to the power 2.67 +/- 0.06. This result is consistent with wave tank experiments on a scale model of a fishing vessel where the splash flux was found to be a function of the ship's velocity rais ed to the power of 2.95 +/- 0.40. (C) 1996 Academic Press, Inc.