The goal of the Underwater Express program is to explore the application of supercavitation technology to underwater vehicles, enabling high-speed transport of personnel and/or supplies.
The goal of the Underwater Express program is to explore the application of supercavitation technology to underwater vehicles, enabling high-speed transport of personnel and/or supplies. Supercavitation places the vehicle inside a cavity where vapor replaces water, reducing both the drag due to fluid viscosity by orders-of-magnitude and power requirements dramatically. This program will use modeling, simulation, experiments and testing to understand the physical phenomena associated with supercavitation and its application to underwater vehicles.