Title of article
DESIGN OPTIMISATION OF AN UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLE
Author/Authors
ABDULLAH, FIRDAUS Loughborough University - Dept of Design Tech, UK , FERRARO, MATTHIEU University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard - Dept of Mech Eng, FRANCE , RIGIT, ANDREW University of Sarawak - Faculty of Engineering, MALAYSIA
From page
119
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125
Abstract
The results of fluid flow simulation around an unmanned underwater vehicle(UUV) are presented in this paper. The UUV represents a small submarine forunderwater search and rescue operation, which suits the local river conditions.The flow simulation was performed with a commercially availablecomputational fluid dynamics package, Star-CD. The effects of the UUVgeometry on the velocity and pressure distributions on the UUV surface werediscussed for Re = 500,000 and 3,000,000. The discussion led to an improveddesign of the UUV with a smoother velocity profile around the UUV body.
Keywords
CFD , UUV , Design Optimisation
Journal title
Journal of Engineering Science and Technology
Journal title
Journal of Engineering Science and Technology
Record number
2587621
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