Nonlinear Dynamics and Bifurcations of a Supercavitating Vehicle

• Published in: IEEE journal of oceanic engineering Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 753 - 761
• Main Authors: Guojian Lin, Balachandran, B., Abed, E.H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.10.2007; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Bifurcation; Bifurcation control; Bifurcations; Chaos; Chaos theory; Control systems; Differential equations; Dynamic tests; Dynamical systems; Force control; Grazing; Hopf bifurcation; Marine; Motion control; Nonlinear dynamical systems; Nonlinear dynamics; nonsmooth systems; Planing; supercavitating vehicles; tailslap; Underwater vehicles; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicles

In this effort, a numerical study of the bifurcation behavior of a supercavitating vehicle is conducted. The vehicle model is nonsmooth; this is a result of the planing force acting on the vehicle. With a focus on dive-plane dynamics, bifurcations with respect to a quasi-static variation of the cavi...