Does duration of slam scale with Froude?

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  1. floating
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    floating Junior Member

    I would love confirmation of my following assumption: the duration of a slam event scales with Froude scaling. So if I make a 1:10 scale model and slam is 0.01 seconds long, at full scale it would be 0.01*sqrt(10) = 0.03 seconds long.

    My colleague has pointed out: if you slam a flat plat and all areas of the plate register peak slam pressures simultaneously*, then slam duration should not scale with Froude scaling. *we don't know this to be the case.

    What do you think?
     
  2. gonzo
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    gonzo Senior Member

    Are you trying to narrow it down to only flat plates, or calculating heaving period?
     
  3. floating
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    floating Junior Member

    I am just focused on the duration of a slam event, i.e. how long high pressure is experienced when an object impacts the water surface. Does this duration increase if the object is bigger?
     

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    No, see my post in the other thread.

    Actually, now that I think about it, Froude himself had an analogy about horses running on water....all they had to do was step very quickly and lightly.
     
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