Research on the Water Entry of the Fuselage Cylindrical Structure Based on the Improved SPH Model

Abstract

During aircraft landing on water, the intense impact load may lead to significant local deformation of the fuselage skin. Ensuring the aircraft’s integrity and reliability is of paramount importance. This paper investigates the fuselage skin’s dynamic response during water entry. In the simulation of complex water entry problems, the smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method can fully leverage the advantages of the particle method. However, the traditional SPH method still suffers from the drawbacks of tensile instability, significantly affecting the computational accuracy. Therefore, this paper first introduces the improved SPH model addressing fluid and solid tensile instability issues. Furthermore, the Riemann-based contact algorithm at the fluid–solid interface is also demonstrated. Based on the above improved SPH model, the simulation of water entry of the elastic cylinder is performed to validate the efficacy of the improved SPH model. Then, the dynamic response characteristics of elastic fuselage skin and the skin–stringer–floor–column structure when it enters the water are analyzed, including the deformation features and slamming force. Lastly, based on the presented damage model, a study is conducted on the water entry of the metallic elastic–plastic skin–stringer–floor–column structure, analyzing the locations of failure and providing guidance for the structural safety design of engineering.