2014/01/21

CFD Application for Flow Analysis around a Multi-Legged Underwater Robot 'Crabster' to Evaluate Current Forces

Authors
Yeon-Seok Park, Wu-Joan Kim, Boung-Huan Jun,

한국수중로봇기술연구회 춘계학술대회, 2011, Busan in Korea

Abstract - In this study, numerical simulations were performed for the evaluation of current loads acting on a multi-legged underwater robot 'crabster' with a variety of incident angles using ANSYS-CFX package. The Reynold-averaged Navier-Stokes equations were solved to simulate the fluid flow around the Crabster to calculate forces and moments induced by incoming current with angles. In the first, for the assessment of posture stability of the body, forces and moments were calculated with various incident angles when the current acts for vertical and horizontal direction. In the next, two leg forms(box and foil types) were evaluated for the comparison of the hydrodynamic force variation. Finally, the current forces and moments acting on the Crabster body with the legs attached were estimated.

(Pressed in Korean)


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