• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.443-449
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• 2010

Recently underwater systems moving at hyper-speed such as a super-cavitating torpedo have been studied for their practical advantage of the dramatic drag reduction. In this study we are focusing our attention on super-cavitating flows around axisymmetric cavitators. A numerical method based on inviscid flow is developed and the results for several shapes of the cavitator are presented. First using a potential based boundary element method, we find the shape of the cavitator yielding a sufficiently large enough cavity to surround the body. Second, numerical predictions of super-cavity are validated by comparing with experimental observations carried out in a high speed cavitation tunnel at Chungnam National University (CNU CT).

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1998.06c
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• pp.461-464
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• 1998

수중 프로펠러의 비공동 소음을 수치적으로 해석하였다. Ffowcs Williams-Hawkings 형태의 음향상사 방정식을 시간영역에서 해석하였으며 임의의 형상과 하중조건을 가지는 프로펠러의 소음 예측이 가능하도록 하였다. 또한 좌표계 변환을 통해 관찰자에 대해 상대적 운동이 있는 경우에도 소음 예측이 가능하도록 하였다. 균일/비균일 유입류 조건을 갖는 수중 프로펠러에 대해 소음 해석을 수행하였고 각각의 조건에 대해 음원별 소음 강도와 방향성을 예측하였다. 수치 해석결과 프로펠러 표면상의 압력 변화에 따른 비정상 하중에 의한 이중극 소음이 지배적인 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 음원별 접근법은 수중 프로펠러의 운용시 지배적인 소음원을 구별하고 그 특성을 파악하여 적절한 소음 제어책을 마련하는 기반이 될 것이다.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.188-192
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• 2009

A massive cavity is generated behind the underwater vehicles, such as marine propellers, pump impellers, nozzles, injectors, torpedoes, etc. when a underwater vehicle moves at very high speed in the underwater. At this point it makes supercavitating flow and the nose, ie., the cavitator is very important fator at the vehicle since it should be surrounded by the cavity. The present work has focused on the simulation of cavitation flow using the new cavitator. The governing equation is the Navier-Stokes equation based on homogeneous mixture model. For the code validation, the results from the present solver have been compared with experiments and other numerical results. A fairly good agreement with the experimental data and other numerical results have been obtained.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.8-13
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• 2017

Cavitation is used in various fields. This study examined the drag reduction of an underwater vehicle using cavitation. In this study, the natural partial cavitation analysis results were verified using CFD code with the Navier-Stokes equation based on a mixture model. The momentum and continuity equations in the mixture phase were separately solved in the liquid and vapor phases. The solver employs an implicit preconditioning algorithm in curvilinear coordinates. The results of a computational analysis showed good agreement with the experiment. A computational analysis was also performed on the supercavity. The study investigated the cavity characteristics and drag of an underwater vehicle and studied the speed required to achieve a supercavity. Finally, a 1DOF analysis was carried out to investigate the thrust system for a supercavity. As a result, one of the methods for determining a suitable thrust system for a supercavitating underwater vehicle was presented.

• 대학교육
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• s.102
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• pp.67-69
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• 1999

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.38 no.10
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• pp.797-805
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to investigate the drag and lift characteristics of the cavitator of a supercavitating underwater vehicle and the pressure loss due to water intake. These investigations were performed by changing the diameter, velocity, radius of curvature of the intake, and angle of attack of the cavitator. With increasing ratio of the intake diameter to the cavitator diameter ratio($d/D_1$), the drag coefficient and the pressure loss coefficient of the water intake decreased. The greater the increase in the ratio of the intake velocity-to-free stream velocity ratio(S), the smaller was the decrease in the drag coefficient and the lift coefficient. When the intake had a radius of curvature(c), the pressure loss coefficient decreased. On the contrary, the effect of the radius of curvature on the drag coefficient was imperceptible. For angles of attack (${\alpha}$) of the caviatator in the range of $0^{\circ}$ to $10^{\circ}$, the drag coefficient and the pressure loss coefficient changed slightly, whereas the lift coefficient increased linearly with increasing angle of attack.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.82-85
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• 2008

When a projectile travels at high speed underwater, supercavitating flowarises, in which a huge cavity is generated behind the projectile so that only the nose, i.e., the cavitator, of the projectile is wetted, while the rest of it should be surrounded by the cavity. In that case, the projectile can achieve very high speed due to the reduced drag. Furthermore if the nose of the body is shaped properly, the attendant pressure drag can be maintained at a very low value, so that the overall drag is also reduced dramatically. In this study, shape optimization technique is employed to determine the optimum cavitator shape for minimum drag, given certain operating conditions. Simultaneous optimization technique is proposed for efficient cavitator shape optimization, in which the cavity and cavitator shape are determined in a single optimization routine.

• Explosives and Blasting
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.46-52
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• 2020

Although anti-washout grouts are used extensively in underwater targets, major constraints continue to be associated with their use. These include poor bonding strength, poor pumpability, and loss of high strength in everyday engineering applications. In this study, based on the literature pertaining to self-compacted, non-dispersive, anti-washout grouts, a review of research trends in anti-washout grouts for underwater construction and sealing of karst cavities was carried out in order to determine the problems faced in this field. Grouts used under water suffer a loss of strength and bonding strength in comparison to grouts cast in air. Researchers are designing high-viscosity grouts to overcome the inrush of water and seal karst cavities; however, in doing so, they have inadvertently caused serious problems pertaining to the pumpability of these grouts and concretes in deep target locations. Thus, the majority of the anti-washout grouts and concretes that have been developed are not applicable to deep target environments, instead being suitable for only near-surface targets.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• autumn
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• pp.421-426
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• 1999

수중 프로펠러의 비공동 소음을 Ffowcs William-Hawkings 형태의 음향 상사 방정식을 시간영역에서 해석하였으며 전산공력음향학(CAA)과 경계 요소법(BIEM)등 수치적 방법을 통해 해석하였다. 덕트 없는 프로펠러와 덕트 프로펠러에 대해서 비균일 유입류 조건에 대해서 소음 강도와 방향성을 예측하였으며 이는 수중 프로펠러의 운용시 지배적인 소음원을 구별하고 그 특성을 파악하여 적절한 소음 제어 책을 마련하는 기반이 될 것이다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.358-365
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• 2014

When a ship propeller having wing type sections rotates at high speed underwater, local pressure on the blade decreases and various types of the cavitation inevitably occur where the local pressure falls below the vapor pressure. Fundamentally characteristics of the cavitation are determined by the shapes of the blade section and their operating conditions. Underwater noise radiated from a ship propeller is directly connected to the occurrence of the cavitation. In order to design low noise propeller, it is preferentially demanded to figure out key features: how the cavity is generated, developed and collapsed and how the effect of viscosity works in the process. In this study, we first perform inviscid analysis of the partial cavity generated on two dimensional hydrofoil. Secondly, viscous analysis using FLUENT with different turbulence and cavitation models are presented. Results from both approaches are also compared and estimated.