Young-In Nah

Modeling and simulation of target motion analysis for a submarine using a script-based tactics manager

Various types of simulation are required for underwater vehicles such as submarines or torpedoes. These include engineering-level simulations for predicting the performance and engagement-level simulations for examining the effectiveness of certain tactics. For this reason, a tactics manager that can change the behavior of a simulation model according to tactics defined outside the model is needed. This paper describes a tactics manager that supports a scripting language that can represent various tactics and can help users to easily define external input tactics. Python and Lua, representative scripting languages, are compared and analyzed from the viewpoint of a tactics manager, and a tactics manager using those script languages is implemented. A target motion analysis simulation of the engagement between a submarine and a surface ship is conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of the tactics manager. We generated a simulation model based on the Discrete Event System Specification formalism and provided it with an interface to the tactics manager.

The DEVS Integrated Development Environment for Simulation-based Battle experimentation

ABSTRACTSimulation based Battle Experimentation is to examine the readiness for a battle using simulation technology. It heavily relies on the weapon systems modeling and simulation. To analyze the characteristics and complexity of the weapon systems in the experiment, the modeling & simulation environment has to be able to break down the system of systems into components and make the use of high fidelity components such as real hardware in simulation. In that sense, the modular and hierarchical structure of DEVS (Discrete EVent System Specification) framework provides potentials to meet the requirements of the battle experimentation environment. This paper describes the development of the DEVS integrated development environment for Simulation based Battle Experimentation. With the design principles of easy, flexible, and fast battle simulation, the newly developed battle experimentation tool mainly consists of 3 parts – model based graphical design tool for making DEVS models and linking them with external simulators easily through diagrams, the experiment plan tool for speeding up a statistic analysis, the standard components model libraries for lego-like building up a weapon system. This noble simulation environment is to provide a means to analyze complex simulation based experiments with different levels of models mixed in a simpler and more efficient way.

Battle Space Model Based on Lattice Gas Automata for Underwater Warfare Simulation

To simulate complex undersea engagement, many platforms, such as submarines and battleships, participate in underwater warfare simulation. To perform an underwater simulation with reasonable communication among the platforms and environmental factors, a middleware that can treat communication and environmental factors is needed. This paper presents the battle space model, which is capable of propagating various types of emissions from platforms in underwater warfare simulation, predicting interesting encounters between pairs of platforms, and managing environmental information. The battle space model has four components: the logger, spatial encounter predictor (SEP), propagator, and geographic information system (GIS) models. The logger model stores brief data on all the platforms in the simulation, and the GIS model stores and updates environmental factors such as temperature and current speed. The SEP model infers an encounter among the platforms in the simulation, and progresses the simulation to the time when this encounter will happen. The propagator model receives various emissions from platforms and propagates these to other “within-range” platforms by considering the propagation losses and delays. The battle space model is based on the discrete event system specification (DEVS) and the discrete time system specification (DTSS) formalisms. Especially, the propagator and GIS models are based on lattice gas automata for considering an underwater acoustic field and environmental space. To verify the battle space model, simple underwater warfare between a battleship and a submarine was simulated. The simulation results with the model were the same as the simulation results without the model.

Measurement of Turbulent Wake behind a SUBOFF Model and Derivation of Experimental Equations

This paper presents the experimental result to investigate the characteristics of turbulent wake generated by submarine. A SUBOFF nude model which was assumed as an axial -symmetric body was used to create wake, and a thin strut was mounted on the top of the model. The experiments were conducted in a circulating water channel(CWC), and a hot-film was used to measure the turbulence in wake cross-section at the distance range of 0.0~2.0L from the model. The hot film anemometer measured turbulent velocity fluctuations, and the timeaveraged mean velocity and turbulent intensity are obtained from the acquired time-series data. Measured results show well the general characteristics of turbulent intensity, kinetic energy and mean velocity distribution. Also, experimental equations are derived. These experimental equations show well the general characteristics of the turbulent wake behind the submerged body with simple configuration.

Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Wake Behind SUBOFF Model

This paper covers the numerical studies performed to investigate the characteristics of turbulent wake generated by a submarine, SUBOFF model. A SUBOFF model assumed as an axial-symmetric body was used to generate wake. The numerical simulation was performed by using a commercial S/W, FLUENT, with the same condition as the experiments by Shin et al.(2009). Mainly the cross-sectional distribution of the time-averaged mean wake and turbulent kinetic energy was compared with the experiments. Both results are agreed well with each other in the propeller wake section, but the agreement between both is not so satisfied in the far wake field. It means that more numerous number of grid points and their concentration should be required in that field. ※Keywords: Turbulent wake(난류항적), Turbulent kinetic energy(난류운동에너지), SUBOFF model(SUBOFF 모형), CFD simulation(CFD 시뮬레이션), Turbulent Intensity(난류강도)

Numerical Analysis of Supercavitating Flows Based on Viscous/Inviscid Method

Recently supercavitating torpedo has been studied because of its high-speed performance as the next generation of underwater weapon systems. In this study, we present a numerical method based on the potential flow. Characteristic features of the shape of supercavities and drag forces are investigated. In addition, we introduce a viscous-potential method to compensate for the effects of viscosity. The results are compared with viscous calculations using a commercial package, FLUENT V13.

A Study on the Motion Analysis of the Wire-guided Underwater Test Body in Natural Supercavitation

This paper describes the simplified simulation method of the wire-guided underwater test body with natural supercavitation. In this paper, the simulation based model of the wire-guided underwater body with natural supercavitation is proposed by using preceding research and commercial flow-analysis software. By using the model, the 1-dimensional wire-guided body motion in natural supercavitation can be solved very fast with reliability. The suggested model is validated by the comparison of simulation results with experimental data.

Measurement of Turbulent Wake behind a Self-Propelled SUBOFF Model and Derivation of Experimental Equations

This paper presents experimental results and derived experimental equations to investigate the turbulent wake characteristics generated by the self-propelled SUBOFF submarine model. A self-propelled SUBOFF model which was assumed as an axial-symmetric body was used to create wake, and a thin strut was mounted on the topside of the model. The experiments were conducted in a circulating water channel(CWC), and the hot-film was used to measure the turbulence in wake cross-section at the distance range of 0.0∼2.0L from the model. The hot film anemometer measured turbulent velocity fluctuations, and the time-averaged mean velocity and turbulent intensity are obtained from the acquired time-series data. Measured results show well the general characteristics of turbulent intensity, kinetic energy and mean velocity distribution. Also, this paper presents derived experimental equations, which is extended result to the reference [1]. These experimental equations show well the general characteristics of the turbulent wake behind the self-propelled submerged body.

Bubble Wake Measurement by Acoustic Bubble Spectrometer Generated by Planing Hull at Circulating Water Channel

This paper presents bubble wake measurement results generated by the planing hull. The bubble was generated by SNAME TMB model(No. 4876) with hard chine at the CWC(Circulating Water Channel). ABS(Acoustic Bubble Spectrometer) was used to measure bubble wake measurement. The manufactured model is one meter in length and uniform velocity to generate the bubble at CWC is 3m/s, relatively higher speed than conventional hull form. Measurements were performed successfully and measured results show well the general characteristics of bubble wake generated by planing hull. Furthermore, experimental equations are proposed for the practical use.

The DEVS-based Detailed Implementation Method of the Command and Fire Control System for the Underwater Vehicle DEVS-HLA Simulation in the Engagement Level

To perform the engagement level simulation between the underwater vehicle model and the surface model those are constituted with various systems/ sub-systems, we implemented four different federates as a federation according to the IEEE 1516 HLA (High Level Architecture) protocol that is the international standard in the distributed simulation. Those are CFCS (Command and Fire Control System) federate, motion federate, external entities (torpedos, countermeasure and surfaceship) federate, and visualization federate that interacts with OSG (Open Scene Graph)-based visualization rendering module. In this paper, we present the detailed method about the model constitution for discrete event simulation in the distributed environment. For the sake of this purpose, we introduce the DEVS (Discrete Event System Specification)-HLA-based modeling method of the CFCS federate that reflects not only the interations between models, but also commands from user and tactics manager that is separated from the model. The CFCS federate makes decisions in various missions such as the normal diving, the barrier misision, the target motion analysis, the torpedo launch, and the torpedo evasion. In the perspective of DEVS modeling, the CFCS federate is the coupled model that has the tactical data process model, command model and fire control model as an atomic model. The message passing and time synchronization with other three federates are settled by the RTI (Runtime Infrastructure) that supports IEEE 1516. In this paper, we provides the detailed modeling method of the complicated model that has hierarchical relationship such as the CFCS system in the submarine and that satisfies both of DEVS modeling method for the discrete event simulation and HLA modeling method for the distributed simulation.