Unmanned aquatic vehicles (UAVs) are becoming the most important type of advanced vehicles that are capable of traveling through underwater. However, the design implemented was mostly the multi-rotor configuration which is not much efficient in terms of maneuvering achievability, lifetime, etc. Therefore, there arises the need for a UAV with a high lifetime, higher efficiency in design, secure flight, and low maintenance cost. In this paper, a unique UAV is proposed, which is capable of operating efficiently in underwater. The maneuverability of this proposed UAV can be greatly achieved by doing accurate research on the hydrodynamic effect. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the hydrodynamic behavior of the flow over a UAV, to get application domain details. The sketch of such a UAV is ultimately a challenging one since it implies significant propulsive and structural design trade-offs for mission in underwater. The challenging aspect of the design has been overcome by using advanced engineering applications like CFD simulations. ANSYS-FLUENT 17.2 software is used as a CFD solver, which is used for predicting the flow properties on the fish detecting environment. Also, the conceptual design of this entire UAV design is modeled through CATIA. Finally, the best UAV is optimized and that is implemented under CFD analysis in the application regions to get the hydrodynamic environmental conditions for deployment purpose.
Comparative Hydrodynamic Investigations on Unmanned Aquatic Vehicle for Ocean Applications
Lect.Notes Mechanical Engineering
04.08.2021
13 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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