Asymmetric water impact of a two dimensional wedge: A systematic numerical study with transition to ventilating flow conditions

The results provided evidence the capabilities of multidimensional modeling in predicting global hydrodynamics and local fluid dynamics features of asymmetric impacts. Moreover, we demonstrate the importance of some fundamental methodological aspects, such as the correct initialization of the computational domain. The role of kinematic asymmetry in flow ventilation occurrence is also clearly highlighted. Our results are expected to facilitate the development of analytical and semi-analytical models and to offer guidelines for conducting experiments and parametric studies for the design of marine vessels.