Deep- and shallow-water slamming at small and zero deadrise angles

This paper reviews and extends theories for two classes of slamming flows resulting from the violent impact of bodies on half-spaces of inviscid fluid. The two configurations described are the impact of smooth convex bodies, and of non-smooth but flat-bottomed bodies, respectively. In each case, theories are presented first for small penetration depths in finite-or infinite-depth fluids (which we call Wagner flows), and secondly when the penetration is comparable to the fluid depth (which we call Korobkin flows). We also discuss the transition from Wagner flow to Korobkin flow.