I

NURC SWATHUSV
InnovativeUSVwithSWATHHullforSuperiorOperability
ti USV ith SWATH H ll f S i O bilit
inSea States andAUVSupport
Integrated CooperativeUUVUSVNetwork

Persistant
Surveillance/Monitoring
System
 AimandFeatures:
To develop the concept design and feasibility assessment of an innovative USV
(Unmanned Surface Vehicle) of the SWATH (Small Waterplane Area Twin Hulls)
type, but with unconventional shape of underwater hulls to minimize total
resistance.

Advantages of the designed SWATH hull form:

Inherent superior seakeeping ability w.r.t. equivalent monohulls and catamaran
vehicles:
hi l
Moreoperabilityinroughseastates SWATH
(relativetotheactualhulldimension)
Verystableplatformforbetterunderwater
measuringcapabilities
Smallervehiclewithsameseakeepingperformance
ofamuchlargervessel

Particularly Suitable for AUV launch and recover

Advanced stabilizingg system
y ((based on dynamic
y fins devices))
AUVrecovery feature

Recovering and launching dock for small AUV

(up to 100kg of weight and 2.2m in length)

Connections and power for downloading data

and recharging batteries

AUV R
AUVRecovery D k
Dock
 Parametric Hull form Optimization
NewFULLYPARAMETRICHULLSURFACEDEFINITIONApproach
(justtested with successfor frigate type of hulls of theItalian Navy):
For lower hulls (ellipsoidal shape):

Free Parameters for underwater hull:

FreeParameters
Point 1 1 2 3 4 5 5
XCoordinate 0 0 X_Pos_2 X_Pos_3 X_Pos_4 Length Length
ZCoordinate 0 Z_Pos_1 Z_Pos_2 Z_Pos_3 Z_Pos_4 Z_Pos_5 0

Andstruts
A d ( fil shape):
(profile h )
 Flowchart of thedevised optimization system
(opt.env.:ModeFrontier)

FREEPARAMETERS

DISPLACEMENT
FULLYPARAMETRIC CONSTRAINT
BSURFACE
PROPRIETARY
GEOMETRY
GEOMETRY
PANELMETHOD
O
DEFINITION
SOLVER MINIMUM
RESISTANCE
Convergence of Wave Resistance during Optimization
Trends for freevariable:Abscissae of internal control points
Trends for freevariable:Ordinates of internal control points
Preliminary CFDcalculation:Verified Hull geometries
 Wave Pattern generated atspeed v=12kn
(fully turbulent unsteady RANSEcalculations)

Model 1:Rt =2038.9N Model 2:Rt =2146.1N Model 3:Rt =1869.6N

Model 4:Rt =2078.6N Model 5:Rt =1884.8N

 Timeschedule:

To do:
dynamic stability to be designed
main propeller to be dimensioned andfinal estimation of propulsion power
active ballastandstabilizing systemto be dimensioned andfinilized
 Parametric definition of themodel
PROFILECURVE:BSPLINECURVE
7CONTROLPOINTS 9PARAMETERS(XANDZCOORDINATES)

PLANCURVE:SCALEDCOPYOFPROFILECURVE
PLAN CURVE: SCALED COPY OF PROFILE CURVE
1PARAMETER(SCALINGFACTOR)
SCALINGFACTOR

SUBMERGEDHULL
10PARAMETERS
(Elliptic section)
 Stability check:WindStiffness Test

RIGHTINGMOMENTSFOR
DIFFERENTMODELS
WINDHEELINGMOMENT
AT50KNOTS
[kN*m]

[deg]
7 BESTANGLEOFEQUILIBRIUM

HEEL5 HEEL10 HEEL15

 OptimumGeometriesforaconventionalSWATH
S.Brizzolara(2004),25thSymposiumonNavalHydrodynamics,St.Johns,Newfoundland
Conventional S-58

Marine
CFD O30
G
Group
Optimum
Optimumfor
for lowspeed:Fn=0.30
low speed Fn 0 30

Optimumfor interm.speed:Fn=0.35 O35

O41
Optimumfor highspeed:Fn=0.41

Optimumfor highspeed:Fn=0.50 O50

18
StefanoBrizzolara:brizzolara@dinav.unige.it
 Exampleofexaminedindividuals
Y/D Fn=0.30 - 4 best cases after opti m i sati on convergence (total : 805 com puted cases)

1.0
Seri es 68, #40050165
0 9
0.9 CASE n
n.455:
455: 20
20_3_27_71_86
3 27 71 86

CASE n.648: 16_4_27_87_73

0.8
CASE n.707: 17_2_19_73_85
CASE n.780: 18_1_37_73_85
0.7

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.0 X/L
0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0
OptimumGeometriesforaconventionalSWATH
Parametric Optimization of SWAT-Hull
SWAT Hull
Forms by a Viscous-Inviscid Free Surface
Method Driven by a Differential Evolution
Algorithm,

S. Brizzolara
25th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics
St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador, CANADA,
8-13 August 2004

Parametric definition of hull geometry

8
y 2
(x ) = a k x k
k =1

CONSTRAINTS:
fixed volume
fixed max diameter
curvature at L.E.and T.E.

Stefano Brizzolara:brizzolara@dinav.unige.it
Fn=0.50:WavePatternsofdifferentOptimumhulls
Fn=0.35

S-58 Conventional hull form O-35 Optimized

p for Fn=0.35

O-30 Optimized for Fn=0.30 O-50 Optimized for Fn=0.50

Stefano Brizzolara:brizzolara@dinav.unige.it
 PredictedPerformanceatFullScale
2.5 0.5
S68

RT [MN]
Optimum Hull for Fn=0.30

Fn
Optimum Hull for Fn=0.35
Optimum Hull for Fn=0.41
20
2.0 Optimum
p Hull for Fn=0.50 30% 0 45
0.45
Fn

1.5 0.4

1.0 0.35

55%

0.5 0.3

28%
0.0 0.25
10 15 20 25 V [knt] 30