Implementation of a Python module for an automatic pool generation to be used in numerical water impact simulations (Masterarbeit)

Abstract

The investigation of the behavior of an aircraft during ditching is mandatory in the certification process according to crashworthiness certification requirements. In order to quantify the forces involved especially during the impact it is necessary to simulate this event. The implementation of a module in the python-based framework PANDORA able to automatically generate pools to be used in ditching simulation is the objective of this work. Three methods are considered for the Fluid-Structure Interaction between aircraft and water: Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, Finite Pointset Method and Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian. Each method requires different inputs and requirements.