• Title of article

    Experimental and numerical investigation of drag force over tubular frustum

  • Author/Authors

    Niknafs Abrebekooh, Y. islamic azad university - School of Mechanical Engineering, ايران , Rad, M. sharif university of technology - Department of Mechanical Engineering, تهران, ايران

  • From page
    1133
  • To page
    1137
  • Abstract
    There are different ways in order to achieve higher velocity in underwater vehicles. One of these methods is using a body with special form. This paper presents a towing tank based experimental study on drag forces for different Reynolds Numbers of a special undeiWater model. This paper investigates drag force and drag coefficient in a different flow direction over the model. Obtained experimental results in towing tank are explained. Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) simulation also is performed using commercial CFD software package FLUENT 6.3.26. There is a significant decrease in drag coefficient of model moving with small diameter at upstream.
  • Keywords
    Drag coefficient , UnderWater body , Axisymmetric , Towing tank measurements , CFD , Drag reduction
  • Journal title
    Scientia Iranica(Transactions B:Mechanical Engineering)
  • Journal title
    Scientia Iranica(Transactions B:Mechanical Engineering)
  • Record number

    2718295