Parametric Study of Operability for a Tourist Submarine

These days, tourist submarine industry has become of increasing interest and prosperity. A tourist submarine operating beneath a seaway suffers different undesired motions which may cause difficulty in operability for the vehicle and habitability of its passengers. From this point of view, this paper studies the hydrodynamic problem of submarine operability in waves. In this investigation strip theory has been used and effects of different parameters of sea state, sea direction, depth, speed and duration of operation have been considered. Results of presented case study indicate that speed effect is insignificant while the operating depth role seems more important.