Submarine hydrodynamics

Submarine is a critical and strategic component of Naval warfare. It's main advantage is the ability to conduct mission underwater and undetected. Submarine is optimised to operate in silence, hence there have been many efforts to increase this capability. This includes  a more efficient and streamlined sail, rear and front stabiliser, propellers, etc. 

AIM
To study the hydrodynamics and flow-fields of submarine both numerical and experimental. 

METHOD
The study is looking into the hydrodynamics characteristics of the DARPA-Suboff submarine model and assessing the turbulent flow field behind it. The proposed study is also designed to look into varied sail and rear+front stabiliser shapes. Here we conduct both towing tank experiment and CFD simulation.

RESULTS
The experiment is currently still on going.
​

Experiment figures