Relationship of wing location and helical motion for underwater glider
LIU You1,2, SHEN Qing2, MA Dong-li1, YUAN Xiang-jiang2
1. School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China;
2. China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics(CAAA), Beijing 100074, China
A mathematical model was constructed to describe the helical motion of underwater glider at steady state. Using the numerical method, the helical motion features of underwater glider were achieved corresponding to five wing locations. Numerical results indicate that the helical motion pattern of underwater glider changes with the wing location. And there is a transitional zone ("watershed" zone) determining the turning direction of underwater glider at steady state. The gliders with wing locations ahead of the zone turn in the same direction of lateral component of lift produced by wing and work in positive helical pattern. However, the gliders with wing locations behind the zone turn in the reverse direction of lateral component of lift produced by wing and work in anti-helical pattern. The glider with wing location within the zone can turn in any of the two directions dependent on its CG (centre of gravity) location. Furthermore, the gliders with wing locations far away from the zone turn faster than those with wing locations near it. The in-lake experiments indicate that wing location can affect the turning direction of helical motion and the percentage error between numerical results and experiment data at steady stage is less than 15%.
Received: 14 December 2016
Published: 25 August 2017
LIU You, SHEN Qing, MA Dong-li, YUAN Xiang-jiang. Relationship of wing location and helical motion for underwater glider. JOURNAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY (ENGINEERING SCIENCE), 2017, 51(9): 1760-1769.
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