The effects of the circulating water tunnel wall and support struts on hydrodynamic coefficients estimation for autonomous underwater vehicles

This paper investigates the influence of the Circulating Water Channel (CWC) side wall and support struts on the hydrodynamic coefficient prediction for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) experiments. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method has been used to model the CWC tests. The hydrodynamic...

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Main Authors: Hai Huang, Zexing Zhou, Hongwei Li, Hao Zhou, Yang Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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CFD
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2092678218302644
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spelling doaj-e56e40848c954516b07dcf42bc35d7b62021-01-08T04:19:26ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering2092-67822020-01-0112110The effects of the circulating water tunnel wall and support struts on hydrodynamic coefficients estimation for autonomous underwater vehiclesHai Huang0Zexing Zhou1Hongwei Li2Hao Zhou3Yang Xu4National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology of Underwater Vehicle, Harbin Engineering University, No.145 Nantong Street, Harbin, 150001, ChinaNational Key Laboratory of Science and Technology of Underwater Vehicle, Harbin Engineering University, No.145 Nantong Street, Harbin, 150001, ChinaCorresponding author.; National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology of Underwater Vehicle, Harbin Engineering University, No.145 Nantong Street, Harbin, 150001, ChinaNational Key Laboratory of Science and Technology of Underwater Vehicle, Harbin Engineering University, No.145 Nantong Street, Harbin, 150001, ChinaNational Key Laboratory of Science and Technology of Underwater Vehicle, Harbin Engineering University, No.145 Nantong Street, Harbin, 150001, ChinaThis paper investigates the influence of the Circulating Water Channel (CWC) side wall and support struts on the hydrodynamic coefficient prediction for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) experiments. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method has been used to model the CWC tests. The hydrodynamic coefficients estimated by CFD are compared with the prediction of experiments to verify the accuracy of simulations. In order to study the effect of side wall on the hydrodynamic characteristics of the AUV in full scale captive model tests, this paper uses the CWC non-dimensional width parameters to quantify the correlation between the CWC width and hydrodynamic coefficients of the chosen model. The result shows that the hydrodynamic coefficients tend to be constant with the CWC width parameters increasing. Moreover, the side wall has a greater effect than the struts.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2092678218302644CFDHydrodynamic coefficientsCirculating water channelSide wall effectStruts effect
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author Hai Huang
Zexing Zhou
Hongwei Li
Hao Zhou
Yang Xu
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Zexing Zhou
Hongwei Li
Hao Zhou
Yang Xu
The effects of the circulating water tunnel wall and support struts on hydrodynamic coefficients estimation for autonomous underwater vehicles
International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
CFD
Hydrodynamic coefficients
Circulating water channel
Side wall effect
Struts effect
author_facet Hai Huang
Zexing Zhou
Hongwei Li
Hao Zhou
Yang Xu
author_sort Hai Huang
title The effects of the circulating water tunnel wall and support struts on hydrodynamic coefficients estimation for autonomous underwater vehicles
title_short The effects of the circulating water tunnel wall and support struts on hydrodynamic coefficients estimation for autonomous underwater vehicles
title_full The effects of the circulating water tunnel wall and support struts on hydrodynamic coefficients estimation for autonomous underwater vehicles
title_fullStr The effects of the circulating water tunnel wall and support struts on hydrodynamic coefficients estimation for autonomous underwater vehicles
title_full_unstemmed The effects of the circulating water tunnel wall and support struts on hydrodynamic coefficients estimation for autonomous underwater vehicles
title_sort effects of the circulating water tunnel wall and support struts on hydrodynamic coefficients estimation for autonomous underwater vehicles
publisher Elsevier
series International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
issn 2092-6782
publishDate 2020-01-01
description This paper investigates the influence of the Circulating Water Channel (CWC) side wall and support struts on the hydrodynamic coefficient prediction for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) experiments. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method has been used to model the CWC tests. The hydrodynamic coefficients estimated by CFD are compared with the prediction of experiments to verify the accuracy of simulations. In order to study the effect of side wall on the hydrodynamic characteristics of the AUV in full scale captive model tests, this paper uses the CWC non-dimensional width parameters to quantify the correlation between the CWC width and hydrodynamic coefficients of the chosen model. The result shows that the hydrodynamic coefficients tend to be constant with the CWC width parameters increasing. Moreover, the side wall has a greater effect than the struts.
topic CFD
Hydrodynamic coefficients
Circulating water channel
Side wall effect
Struts effect
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2092678218302644
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