Title :
Hull form design of underwater vehicle applying CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics)
Author :
Inoue, Tomoya ; Suzuki, Hiroyoshi ; Kitamoto, Risa ; Watanabe, Yoshitaka ; Yoshida, Hiroshi
Author_Institution :
JAMSTEC (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Sci. & Technol.), Yokosuka, Japan
Abstract :
CFD is recognized as a possible advanced tool to understand the performance of the underwater vehicle such as a hull resistance, a thrust force, motion in waves and so on. Focusing on the hull resistance, we conducted the investigation of the water resistance of the AUV PICASSO utilizing CFD and also conducting experiments to confirm the CFD simulations. After that, designing the hull form within the limitation of equipment arrangement to improve the hull resistance was conducted utilizing the CFD. And the experiment was conducted to confirm.
Keywords :
computational fluid dynamics; design engineering; flow simulation; mobile robots; remotely operated vehicles; robot dynamics; underwater vehicles; CFD simulation; Picasso AUV; autonomous underwater vehicle; computational fluid dynamics; hull form design; hull resistance; thrust force; underwater vehicle; wave motion; Accuracy; Computational fluid dynamics; Computational modeling; Numerical models; Performance evaluation; Resistance; Underwater vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS 2010 IEEE - Sydney
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5221-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5222-4
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANSSYD.2010.5603875
