Free Running Manoeuvring Model Tests On A Modern Generic SSK Class Submarine (BB2)

The Australian Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) and the Dutch Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) are working together on background research (R&D) in the hydrodynamic behaviour of submarines. A four year programme was initiated in 2012, in which part of the research was on benchmarking and validation of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) predictions for deeply submerged manoeuvring performance, including concept studies. The present paper discusses free sailing manoeuvring model tests on a modern generic SSK-class submarine, the BB2, which was based on a variant of the “Joubert” hull form design. The BB2 design is a non-existing submarine, which was specifically chosen to enable international cooperation on benchmark and validation studies.