FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Visualization of the contact line during the water exit of flat plates BT AF TASSIN, Alan BRETON, Thibaut FOREST, Bertrand OHANA, Jeremy CHALONY, Sebastien LE ROUX, Dominique TANCRAY, Aurelien AS 1:1;2:1,2;3:1;4:1;5:1;6:1;7:1; FF 1:PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM;2:PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM;3:PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM;4:PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM;5:PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM;6:PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM;7:PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM; C1 IFREMER, ZI Pointe Diable, CS 10070, F-29280 Plouzane, France. ENSTA Bretagne, FRE CNRS 3744, IRDL, F-29806 Brest 09, France. C2 IFREMER, FRANCE ENSTA BRETAGNE, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france IF 2.195 TC 9 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00392/50315/51074.pdf LA English DT Article AB We investigate experimentally the time evolution of the wetted surface during the lifting of a body initially floating at the water surface. This phenomenon is referred to as the water exit problem. The water exit experiments were conducted with transparent (PMMA) mock-ups of two different shapes: a circular disc and a square flat plate. Two different lighting systems were used to diffuse light in the mock-up material: a central high-power LED light normal to the surface and an edge-lighting system featuring an array of LED lights. These setups make it possible to illuminate the contact line, which delimits the surface of contact between the mock-up and the water. The characteristic size of the mock-ups is about 20 cm and the acceleration of the mock-up oscillates between 0 and 25 m/s2. We show that the central light setup gives satisfactory results for the circular disc and that the edge lighting technique makes it possible to follow a contact line with a time-evolving complex shape (strong changes of convexity) up to 1000 fps. The observations presented in the paper support the possibility of extending this promising technique to more general three-dimensional bodies with arbitrary motion (e.g., including pitch motion). PY 2017 PD AUG SO Experiments In Fluids SN 0723-4864 PU Springer VL 58 IS 8 UT 000407095300015 DI 10.1007/s00348-017-2383-1 ID 50315 ER EF