Research Summaries

Back Measurement of Drag Force on Coated Surfaces and Its Application for Logistic Transportation Using UUVs

Fiscal Year 2018
Division Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Investigator(s) Kwon, Young W.
Sponsor Office of Naval Research (Navy)
Summary The proposed work has two major objectives. The first objective is to assess the drag reduction on coated surfaces, which was fabricated at UMass - Lowell, using a water-channel test set-up developed at NPS. The second objective is to apply the coating technique for logistics such as transporting supplies using an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV). To efficiently and clandestinely operate a UUV near the shore, it must have a method to deal with the periodic wave-induced loads. Ignoring these effects, specifically the vertical force and pitching moment, can result in the UUV accidentally broaching the surface and exposing its position.
Keywords Frictional drag force Unmanned Underwater Vehicle super-hydrophobic
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