The submarine's wake

ORAL

Abstract

An object moving under water creates a wake at the surface. We mesure the amplitude of the wake and the additive drag it creates on a sphere moving horizontally at different dephts an speeds. We isolate two different comportements at high and low depht. Can we deduce the size and depht of a submarine from it's wake?

Authors

  • Adrien Benusiglio

    • LadHyX, Ecole Polytechnique
  • Marrie Le Merrer

    • LadHyX, Ecole Polytechnique
  • Christophe Clanet

    • ESPCI
    • LadHyX, Ecole Polytechnique, France
    • Physique et Mecanique des Milieux Heterogenes, CNRS, ESPCI, Paris France \& Ladhyx, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
    • LadHyX, Ecole Polytechnique