Study on resistance characteristics of submarine near water surface

College of Power Engineering, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan 430033, China

^* Corresponding author: 2696496643@qq.com

Abstract

The submarine is usually affected by free surface and the navigation resistance increases when sailing near the surface. In order to study the specific resistance characteristics of submarine sailing near the surface, the SUBOFF with appendages was taken as the research object, and the calculation model was built based on Star CCM+ fluid simulation software, and the resistance coefficients under different submarine depths and speeds were calculated. Through comparative analysis, the influence of the depth and speed of the submarine on the resistance components was obtained, and the cause of the formation was analyzed. The results show that the influence of the depth of submarine on friction resistance coefficient is small in general. With the increase of the depth of the submarine, the pressure resistance coefficient decreases, and the wave amplitude decreases. The shear wave of Kelvin wave system is more obvious and the effect of scattering is weakened, which is of great significance for the study of submarine concealment. With the increase of speed, friction resistance coefficient decreases, the overall change trend of pressure resistance coefficient is first increased and then decreases. The interference effect between free surface and hull increases first and then decreases at each depth. The wave shape changes and resistance results mutually confirm. The free surface mainly generates waves by interacting with the hull, which affects the resistance characteristics of the submarine. The interference effect is greatly affected by the depth and speed of the submarine.