Study of the Operating Characteristics for the High-Speed Water Jet Pump Installed on the Underwater Vehicle with Different Cruising Speeds

Due to the higher propulsive efficiency, lesser vibration, and better maneuverability, the water jet pump is widely applied to high-speed underwater vehicles. By taking a newly developed water jet pump system as the object, the corresponding underwater vehicle’s operating characteristics affected by...

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Main Authors: Yeming Lu, Haoran Liu, Xiaofang Wang, Hui Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-03-01
Series:Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/3/346
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description Due to the higher propulsive efficiency, lesser vibration, and better maneuverability, the water jet pump is widely applied to high-speed underwater vehicles. By taking a newly developed water jet pump system as the object, the corresponding underwater vehicle’s operating characteristics affected by different cruising speeds (15.43, 30.86, and 52.47 m/s) were investigated. The steady results reply that the cruising speed increase will result in the decline of the overall performances comprised of the head, the efficiency, the thrust, and the power. While, by using different analyzing methods, the unsteady results are listed as follows: (1) The energy loss theory denotes that the increasing cruising speed promoted the kinetic energy diffusion from the Reynolds stress and viscous stress and depress the turbulent kinetic energy production and the viscous dissipation. (2) The statistical PLS method reveals that the tip load effect on the leakage flow becomes weaker when the cruising speed becomes larger, while the effect from the scraping pressure has a completely opposite trend. (3) Further unsteady analysis implies that the increasing cruising speed makes the pressure pulsation larger and makes the radial force, the axial force, and the cloudy cavity size smaller.
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spelling doaj.art-6720c7b3d6d9476cb046b0070d784bc22023-11-21T11:32:03ZengMDPI AGJournal of Marine Science and Engineering2077-13122021-03-019334610.3390/jmse9030346Study of the Operating Characteristics for the High-Speed Water Jet Pump Installed on the Underwater Vehicle with Different Cruising SpeedsYeming Lu0Haoran Liu1Xiaofang Wang2Hui Wang3School of Energy and Power Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116000, ChinaSchool of Energy and Power Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116000, ChinaSchool of Energy and Power Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116000, ChinaTrailing Base, Army Engineering University of PLA, Xuzhou 221000, ChinaDue to the higher propulsive efficiency, lesser vibration, and better maneuverability, the water jet pump is widely applied to high-speed underwater vehicles. By taking a newly developed water jet pump system as the object, the corresponding underwater vehicle’s operating characteristics affected by different cruising speeds (15.43, 30.86, and 52.47 m/s) were investigated. The steady results reply that the cruising speed increase will result in the decline of the overall performances comprised of the head, the efficiency, the thrust, and the power. While, by using different analyzing methods, the unsteady results are listed as follows: (1) The energy loss theory denotes that the increasing cruising speed promoted the kinetic energy diffusion from the Reynolds stress and viscous stress and depress the turbulent kinetic energy production and the viscous dissipation. (2) The statistical PLS method reveals that the tip load effect on the leakage flow becomes weaker when the cruising speed becomes larger, while the effect from the scraping pressure has a completely opposite trend. (3) Further unsteady analysis implies that the increasing cruising speed makes the pressure pulsation larger and makes the radial force, the axial force, and the cloudy cavity size smaller.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/3/346underwater vehiclewater jet propulsion pumpcruising speedoperating characteristichigh-speed
spellingShingle Yeming Lu
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Study of the Operating Characteristics for the High-Speed Water Jet Pump Installed on the Underwater Vehicle with Different Cruising Speeds
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
underwater vehicle
water jet propulsion pump
cruising speed
operating characteristic
high-speed
title Study of the Operating Characteristics for the High-Speed Water Jet Pump Installed on the Underwater Vehicle with Different Cruising Speeds
title_full Study of the Operating Characteristics for the High-Speed Water Jet Pump Installed on the Underwater Vehicle with Different Cruising Speeds
title_fullStr Study of the Operating Characteristics for the High-Speed Water Jet Pump Installed on the Underwater Vehicle with Different Cruising Speeds
title_full_unstemmed Study of the Operating Characteristics for the High-Speed Water Jet Pump Installed on the Underwater Vehicle with Different Cruising Speeds
title_short Study of the Operating Characteristics for the High-Speed Water Jet Pump Installed on the Underwater Vehicle with Different Cruising Speeds
title_sort study of the operating characteristics for the high speed water jet pump installed on the underwater vehicle with different cruising speeds
topic underwater vehicle
water jet propulsion pump
cruising speed
operating characteristic
high-speed
url https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/3/346
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