Analysis on the effect of wing geometry on underwater glider hydrodynamics

Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) has proven very useful in applications including defense system,seabed pipeline inspection, surveillance and exploration. Fin system in Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) is one of the important components in UUV which will guide the navigation and influence the traj...

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Main Author:	Eh Chu, Eentri
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	T Technology (General)
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spelling	my-utem-ep.210412023-06-26T12:08:05Z Analysis on the effect of wing geometry on underwater glider hydrodynamics 2017 Eh Chu, Eentri T Technology (General) TC Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) has proven very useful in applications including defense system,seabed pipeline inspection, surveillance and exploration. Fin system in Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) is one of the important components in UUV which will guide the navigation and influence the trajectory flow of UUV. However, current research conducted on the feasibility and possibility using flexible wing system in UUV is limited.The objective of this project is to propose few design concept wing system in UUV, to analyze and select a suitable design concept for the wing system by using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and evaluate the feasibility of the proposed design concept in Underwater Glider by SolidWorks simulation. Nowadays,adaptive and morphing structures in complex aerospace vehicle have experienced a huge research due to their ability to optimize the stability of spacecraft's navigation control. Such adaptive and morphing structures have been investigated heavily and put to use extensively in the spacecraft industry.However, there are some considerations and limitations on the design of flexible wing system due to the wing geometry and unknown hydrodynamics in underwater. One of the considerations is how to define which designs of flexible wing system is the most suitable in UUV.In this study, AHP method was used to investigate the most suitable design of flexible wing system of UUV. SolidWorks simulation was used to demonstrate the effect of wing geometry in terms of buoyancy force, UUV's speed,endurance of proposed flexible wing system and underwater hydrodynamic flow trajectory. The simulated results clearly demonstrate the feasibility of proposed flexible wing system in Underwater Glider. 2017 Thesis http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/21041/ http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/21041/1/Analysis%20on%20the%20effect%20of%20wing%20geometry%20on%20underwater%20glider%20hydrodynamics.pdf text en public http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/21041/2/Analysis%20on%20the%20effect%20of%20wing%20geometry%20on%20underwater%20glider%20hydrodynamics.pdf text en validuser https://plh.utem.edu.my/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=104940 mphil masters Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka Faculty Of Manufacturing Engineering Jafar, Fairul Azni
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description	Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) has proven very useful in applications including defense system,seabed pipeline inspection, surveillance and exploration. Fin system in Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) is one of the important components in UUV which will guide the navigation and influence the trajectory flow of UUV. However, current research conducted on the feasibility and possibility using flexible wing system in UUV is limited.The objective of this project is to propose few design concept wing system in UUV, to analyze and select a suitable design concept for the wing system by using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and evaluate the feasibility of the proposed design concept in Underwater Glider by SolidWorks simulation. Nowadays,adaptive and morphing structures in complex aerospace vehicle have experienced a huge research due to their ability to optimize the stability of spacecraft's navigation control. Such adaptive and morphing structures have been investigated heavily and put to use extensively in the spacecraft industry.However, there are some considerations and limitations on the design of flexible wing system due to the wing geometry and unknown hydrodynamics in underwater. One of the considerations is how to define which designs of flexible wing system is the most suitable in UUV.In this study, AHP method was used to investigate the most suitable design of flexible wing system of UUV. SolidWorks simulation was used to demonstrate the effect of wing geometry in terms of buoyancy force, UUV's speed,endurance of proposed flexible wing system and underwater hydrodynamic flow trajectory. The simulated results clearly demonstrate the feasibility of proposed flexible wing system in Underwater Glider.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Eh Chu, Eentri
author_facet	Eh Chu, Eentri
author_sort	Eh Chu, Eentri
title	Analysis on the effect of wing geometry on underwater glider hydrodynamics
title_short	Analysis on the effect of wing geometry on underwater glider hydrodynamics
title_full	Analysis on the effect of wing geometry on underwater glider hydrodynamics
title_fullStr	Analysis on the effect of wing geometry on underwater glider hydrodynamics
title_full_unstemmed	Analysis on the effect of wing geometry on underwater glider hydrodynamics
title_sort	analysis on the effect of wing geometry on underwater glider hydrodynamics
granting_institution	Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
granting_department	Faculty Of Manufacturing Engineering
publishDate	2017
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Analysis on the effect of wing geometry on underwater glider hydrodynamics

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