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Auto-pitch wing-in-ground effect oscillating foils for marine propulsion

  • Jiadong Wang
  • , Pengfei Liu
  • , Christopher Chin
  • , Guanghua He
  • University of Tasmania
  • Newcastle University
  • Harbin Institute of Technology Weihai

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Abstract

An auto-pitch wing-in-ground effect oscillating foil propulsor (APWIGs) is numerically modelled by means of an unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes solver. Locomotion of the biplane configuration is characterized as actively heaving motion in counterphase and passively pitching motion based on hydro-elastic moment. A comprehensive computation of propulsive properties for APWIGs as a function of frequency ratio and advance coefficient is performed. A consistently high propulsive efficiency is produced by APWIGs using a frequency ratio within the range of 1.1 to 1.4. It was found that the operation of APWIGs has an independence of forward speed within current parametric space.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication30th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference
PublisherInternational Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers
Pages3544-3550
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781880653845
StatePublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event30th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE 2020 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 11 Oct 202016 Oct 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference
Volume2020-October
ISSN (Print)1098-6189
ISSN (Electronic)1555-1792

Conference

Conference30th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE 2020
CityVirtual, Online
Period11/10/2016/10/20

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water

Keywords

  • Fluid-structure interaction
  • Hydro-elasticity
  • Marine propulsion
  • Wing-in-ground effect

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