A review on the hydrodynamic characteristics of autonomous underwater vehicles

JP Panda, A Mitra, HV Warrior - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Autonomous underwater vehicles play an essential role in geophysical data collection, deep
water mining, seafloor mapping, ocean exploration, and in many other related activities …

Succinct review of MBDR/BDR technique in reducing ship's drag

S Sindagi, R Vijayakumar - Ships and Offshore Structures, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Reducing the ship's drag is an effective technique for reducing emissions, operating
expenses, and improving EEDI. For slow-moving vessels, frictional resistance has been …

Hull shape optimization of autonomous underwater vehicles using a full turbulent continuous adjoint solver

R Lavimi, AEB Le Hocine, S Poncet, B Marcos… - Ocean …, 2024 - Elsevier
The present study aims at simultaneously optimizing the nose and tail of two distinct
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) using a full turbulent continuous adjoint solver …

Numerical study of cavitator angle effect on ventilated supercavitating flow

VD Pham, BK Ahn, C Park, GD Kim… - … of Computational Fluid …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Despite decades of rigorous research into supercavitating flow, there is still a lack of in-
depth knowledge on the properties of ventilated supercavitation with cavitators of varying …

Optimal design of nose and tail of an autonomous underwater vehicle hull to reduce drag force using numerical simulation

M Saghafi, R Lavimi - … , Part M: Journal of Engineering for the …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
In this research, the flow around the autonomous underwater vehicles with symmetrical
bodies is numerically investigated. Increasing the drag force in autonomous underwater …

A hydrodynamic optimization design methodology for a ship bulbous bow under multiple operating conditions

Y Lu, X Chang, A Hu - Engineering Applications of Computational …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The main objective of this article is to describe an innovative methodology for the
hydrodynamic optimization of a ship bulbous bow which considers multiple operating …

Large eddy simulation investigation on the effects of the forebody shape of a supercavitating torpedo

VD Pham, BK Ahn - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The forebody length of a supercavitating vehicle requires careful consideration during the
design process. Variations in this dimension have the potential to profoundly influence the …

Research on the characteristics and similarity relationships of impact load reduction of a vehicle entering water

X Yao, Z Yang, G Ma, Y Chen, Q Yin, D Kong… - Applied Ocean …, 2024 - Elsevier
The strong, transient, and high-peak impact load caused by a vehicle entering water at high
speed is the primary factor threatening its structural strength and equipment safety. One of …

Simulated and experimental estimates of hydrodynamic drag from bio‐logging tags

D Zhang, JM van der Hoop, V Petrov… - Marine Mammal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Drag force acting on swimming marine mammals is difficult to measure directly. Researchers
often use simple modeling and kinematic measurements from animals, or computational …

Parametric CFD investigation of ALS technique on reduction in drag of bulk carrier

S Sindagi, R Vijayakumar… - Ships and Offshore …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Development has been made in the field of Naval Architecture to enhance the fuel efficiency
of ships by using techniques which reduces pressure drag at higher speeds. However, for …