NDLI: Concept design and hydrodynamic optimization of an innovative SWATH USV by CFD methods

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Brizzolara, Stefa Curtin, Tom Bovio, Marco Vernengo, Giulia
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	The paper presents the main characteristics of an innovative platform which has been conceived and designed to extend the operational capabilities of current unmanned surface vehicles in terms of platform stability in waves and of powering requirement at a relatively high speed. The main idea which rules the project is the realization of a small autonomous surface unit (about 6 m in length) capable of undertaking several tasks in the marine environment even with moderate rough sea conditions. The designed vessel has the ability to locate, recover, and launch other members of the autonomous fleet (like AUVs or other underwater devices) and at the same time could carry out a surveillance service of the surrounding areas. To manage these tasks, the vehicle is designed to provide a fairly good autonomy which is needed to face intermediate-range missions (100 nautical miles). The choice of a small waterplane area twin hull (SWATH) form has been motivated by its excellent properties of seakeeping qualities, combined with a non-conventional low resistance underwater hull shape, currently under patenting process, which is able to reduce to a minimum the resistance of the vessel especially at higher speeds. To obtain the most efficient profile of the underwater bodies, a systematic optimization with an automatic procedure based on a parametric definition of the geometry, a state-of-the-art computational fluid dynamics (CFD) flow solver, and a differential evolution global minimization algorithm have been created and used. As expected, all the final CFD computations on the best design have demonstrated the superior efficiency of the developed unconventional SWATH technology with respect to different alternatives of current hull typologies.
Starting Page	227
Ending Page	237
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	16167341
Journal	Deutsche Hydrografische Zeitschrift
Volume Number	62
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	16167228
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2011-09-23
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	SWATH Hydrodynamic optimization CFD numerical simulations Autonomous vehicle Oceanography Meteorology/Climatology Environmental Monitoring/Analysis Geophysics/Geodesy Fluid- and Aerodynamics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Oceanography

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Concept design and hydrodynamic optimization of an innovative SWATH USV by CFD methods

Numerical study of surface water circulation around Sekisei Lagoon, southwest Japan

JONSMOD 2008—guest editorial

Autonomous underwater vehicle teams for adaptive ocean sampling: a data-driven approach

Lagrangian analysis by clustering

Surf zone characterization from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle imagery

Numerical modelling of organic waste dispersion from fjord located fish farms

Oschlies received the 2011 Georg Wüst Prize

Multiparametric observation and analysis of the sea

Concept design and hydrodynamic optimization of an innovative SWATH USV by CFD methods

Similar Documents

Concept design and hydrodynamic optimization of an innovative SWATH USV by CFD methods

Numerical study of surface water circulation around Sekisei Lagoon, southwest Japan

JONSMOD 2008—guest editorial

Autonomous underwater vehicle teams for adaptive ocean sampling: a data-driven approach

Lagrangian analysis by clustering

Surf zone characterization from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle imagery

Numerical modelling of organic waste dispersion from fjord located fish farms

Oschlies received the 2011 Georg Wüst Prize

Multiparametric observation and analysis of the sea

Concept design and hydrodynamic optimization of an innovative SWATH USV by CFD methods