Study on hydrodynamic outline of an unmanned underwater vehicle

Zhiyu Shao*, Jing Fang, Shunshan Feng, Yufeng Cheng

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) is being widely developed and used in many areas. In order to meet the low resistance and low noise requirements of a kind of UUV for long voyage, the outline curve and parameters of different sections of the UUV are figured out by using method of superposition of point-source and uniform-flow, superposition of constant-strength-line- congruence and uniform-flow, and empirical formula, and thus total hydrodynamic outline of the UUV is obtained. In addition, pressure distribution of the head of the UUV is analyzed, and the maximum motion velocity that cannot induce cavitation is obtained. These results provide a strong basis for the analysis and design of the power propulsion system of the UUV. The water tunnel and sea trial demonstrate that the figuration of hydrodynamic outline can meet the need of low resistance and low noise requirements of the UUV.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2013 5th Conference on Measuring Technology and Mechatronics Automation, ICMTMA 2013
Pages1056-1059
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event2013 5th Conference on Measuring Technology and Mechatronics Automation, ICMTMA 2013 - Hong Kong, China
Duration: 16 Jan 201317 Jan 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2013 5th Conference on Measuring Technology and Mechatronics Automation, ICMTMA 2013

Conference

Conference2013 5th Conference on Measuring Technology and Mechatronics Automation, ICMTMA 2013
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHong Kong
Period16/01/1317/01/13

Keywords

  • Hydrodynamic outline
  • Low noise
  • Low resistance
  • Unmanned underwater vehicle

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