Improvement of resistance and wake field of an underwater vehicle by optimising the fin-body junction flow with CFD

Serge Toxopeus; Roderik Kuin; Maarten Kerkvliet; Harry Hoeijmakers; Bart Nienhuis

doi:10.1115/OMAE2014-23784

Improvement of resistance and wake field of an underwater vehicle by optimising the fin-body junction flow with CFD

Serge Toxopeus
, Roderik Kuin
, Maarten Kerkvliet
, Harry Hoeijmakers
, Bart Nienhuis

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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Abstract

To control underwater vehicles appendages such as rudders or fins are generally used. These appendages induce added resistance and deteriorate the quality of the inflow to aft control surfaces or propeller, due to the formation of amongst others horseshoe vortices. In this paper, CFD is used to study the flow around a typical wing-body junction and to obtain insight in how to suppress the horseshoe vortex. For a generic submarine the impact of a range of modifications of the sail on resistance, propulsion and wake field is investigated. Design guidelines regarding the most promising modifications will be given. It will be shown that quite significant improvements of the resistance as well as the wake quality can be obtained by properly designing the junction between the appendage and the hull.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ASME 2014 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering
Subtitle of host publication	Volume 2: CFD and VIV
Publisher	American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	978-0-7918-4540-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2014-23784
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014
Event	ASME 2014 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2014 - Palace Hotel, San Francisco, United States Duration: 7 Jun 2014 → 12 Jun 2014 Conference number: 33

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Name	Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE
Volume	2

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Conference	ASME 2014 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2014
Abbreviated title	OMAE 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco
Period	7/06/14 → 12/06/14

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Toxopeus, S., Kuin, R., Kerkvliet, M., Hoeijmakers, H., & Nienhuis, B. (2014). Improvement of resistance and wake field of an underwater vehicle by optimising the fin-body junction flow with CFD. In ASME 2014 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering: Volume 2: CFD and VIV Article OMAE2014-23784 (Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE; Vol. 2). American Society of Mechanical Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2014-23784

Toxopeus, Serge ; Kuin, Roderik ; Kerkvliet, Maarten et al. / Improvement of resistance and wake field of an underwater vehicle by optimising the fin-body junction flow with CFD. ASME 2014 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering: Volume 2: CFD and VIV. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE).

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Toxopeus, S, Kuin, R, Kerkvliet, M, Hoeijmakers, H & Nienhuis, B 2014, Improvement of resistance and wake field of an underwater vehicle by optimising the fin-body junction flow with CFD. in ASME 2014 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering: Volume 2: CFD and VIV., OMAE2014-23784, Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE, vol. 2, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME 2014 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2014, San Francisco, California, United States, 7/06/14. https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2014-23784

Improvement of resistance and wake field of an underwater vehicle by optimising the fin-body junction flow with CFD. / Toxopeus, Serge; Kuin, Roderik; Kerkvliet, Maarten et al.
ASME 2014 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering: Volume 2: CFD and VIV. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. OMAE2014-23784 (Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE; Vol. 2).

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Toxopeus S, Kuin R, Kerkvliet M, Hoeijmakers H, Nienhuis B. Improvement of resistance and wake field of an underwater vehicle by optimising the fin-body junction flow with CFD. In ASME 2014 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering: Volume 2: CFD and VIV. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 2014. OMAE2014-23784. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE). doi: 10.1115/OMAE2014-23784

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