SUMMARY A new theory for solving wedge‐entry problems is utilized to give an approximate solution for the pressures and forces acting on blunt (small deadrise angle) straight sided wedges. Closed form analytical expressions are given for the maximum pressures, pressure at any point and total vertical force acting on a blunt symmetrical wedge entering an infinite ocean at constant vertical velocity.
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S. F. Borg (1959) studied this question.