Computational Investigation of Armored Vehicle Hydrodynamics

Abstract

Armored vehicle is widely used in recent warfare since it can perform with variety of operations. One of those is amphibious. For the design of amphibious system, we need to understand the hydrodynamics behavior and loads generated while the vehicle move on the surface. Therefore, this present work applied the computational fluid dynamic (CFD) to study hydrodynamics behavior and calculate the hydrodynamics as well as aerodynamic forces. The VOF model together with the standard k-ε model was used to predict hydrodynamics behavior and loads. From the numerical results, the separation zone behind the armored vehicle platform is observed and there is the wave generated while the vehicle is moving through the water