Research Article

Numerical Investigation of Water Entry Problem of Pounders with Different Geometric Shapes and Drop Heights for Dynamic Compaction of the Seabed

Table 4

Velocity of the conical pounder with different drop heights at the moment of impacting the water surface.

Drop height of the pounder from water surface (m)Pounder velocity at the moment of impacting water surface (m/s)

0.252.21
0.53.13
0.753.83
14.43
1.254.95
1.55.42
1.755.85
26.26
2.256.64
2.57