Quantitative study of the motion of a rigid body in an ideal fluid (Q911366)

The equations of the motion of a rigid body in an ideal incompressible fluid in an irrotational motion, at rest at infinity, can be put in a simple form which shows their close analogy with the equations of a non- immersed rigid body. The numerical solution of these equations allows to visualize various trajectories, especially when the forces other than aerodynamic ones are gravitational forces. In the first paragraph, we write the equations of the three-dimensional motion of rigid body and in the second one we study more particularly the case of a plan profile without a sharp edge with circulation.