Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
  • B63G—OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
  • B63G8/00—Underwater vessels, e.g. submarines; Equipment specially adapted therefor
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
  • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
  • B63B1/00—Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils
  • B63B1/02—Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils deriving lift mainly from water displacement
  • B63B1/10—Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils deriving lift mainly from water displacement with multiple hulls
  • B63B1/12—Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils deriving lift mainly from water displacement with multiple hulls the hulls being interconnected rigidly

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• the present invention relates to the field of submarines, and more particularly the organization of their architecture.
• the Navai architect On a submarine, the Navai architect generally encounters at least three families of difficulties: - on the one hand, from the point of view of the risk of an incoercible waterway, it is necessary to set up a compartment device (s) refuge s) requiring interior resistant partitions, except to ignore the ability to save all or part of the crew in the event of invasion. - then, the relative arrangement of the different compartments as well as the functions assigned to the walls which delimit them are often complex to organize due to the many factors to be taken into account:
• a resistant hull submarine will be understood to mean any submarine having a hull designed to withstand the external immersion pressure, and to make it possible to maintain, inside, an atmosphere suitable both for the operation of the equipment and the life of the crew.
• One of the aims of the invention is to overcome these difficulties by proposing a submarine architecture which makes it possible to avoid the construction of partitions. large internal resistant cross-sections, to reduce the number of non-resistant partitions required and to simplify their nature, therefore the design and construction of the submarine and, consequently, maintenance.
• the solution provided is a submarine comprising propulsion means, at least one command post and at least two resistant hulls with cylindrical spindle connected together by a non-resistant frame.
• one of the hulls is of the life / operation type and normally inhabited and comprises in particular the living premises and the command post (s) while another hull is of the servitude type and normally uninhabited.
• the frame between hull comprises at least one resistant tunnel capable of allowing the passage of one hull in the other.
• the tunnel comprises at least one watertight and resistant door.
• the submarine comprises a massif situated on the frame between hulls and the tunnel communicates with the interior of the massif.
• said hull of the service type includes a weapon launching compartment.
• the life / operation type hull comprises a compartment dedicated to electric propulsion by battery.
• the service hull may include a diesel propulsion compartment and at least one corresponding fuel bunker.
• the frame between hulls contains front ballasts and rear ballasts.
• the frame between hulls comprises housings suitable for receiving modules whose applications are multiple: - anti-aircraft weapons container,
• each housing has an interface capable of supplying the corresponding module with energy and providing control and information links.
• at least one of the housings comprises a weapon container and the interface comprises a link for controlling the firing of these weapons from the command post.
• FIG. 1 shows the external appearance of a submarine according to a particular embodiment of the invention
• FIG. 2 shows two diagrams of arrangement between the shells and the frame between shells
• - Figure 3 shows one is a longitudinal section of each of the shells
• FIG. 5 shows means for controlling containers located in housings.
• Figure 1 shows the external appearance of a submarine according to a particular embodiment of the invention.
• It has a deck 1 which hulls two hulls 2, 3 and which carries a profiled solid 4 housing the aerials and the standby pit and conventional propulsion means 5 at the rear.
• said submarine comprises two resistant hulls 2 and 3 with a cylindrical spindle connected together by a non-resistant metal frame 6.
• FIG. 3 shows a longitudinal section of each of the shells 2 and 3.
• Hull 2 in this case the starboard hull, is a “life / operations” hull, normally manned and which brings together all of the following functions:
• This shell 2 has two levels 20 and 21, the upper level comprising, from the rear to the front:
• the lower level mainly comprises, from back to front,:
• Hull 3 in this case the port hull, is an "easements" hull, normally uninhabited and automated and bringing together all of the following functions:
• This shell 3 has two levels 32 and 33, the upper level 32 comprising, from back to front:
• propulsion compartment 34 present on the two levels 32 and 33
• the lower level 33 mainly comprises, from the rear towards the front:
• submarines may become insufficient during operation, on the one hand due to the rapid progression of the qualities of the adversaries they are likely to meet, and on the other hand to technical development which allows to design new equipment capable of significantly improving the capacity of submarines to fulfill their missions.
• the small diameter geometrically limits the number of torpedo tubes whose standard is set by a NATO standard.
• the weapons storage and launching area constitutes a critical path to interior design which cannot be extended without having a strong impact on displacement.
• the carrying of weapons outside the resistant hull often suffers from the modest volume available under the external deck or from the bulk of the front or rear frames, or even often non-convex shapes that can free up space.
• the integration of equipment likely to improve the functionality of the combat system results in the reservation of ever larger volumes outside the thick hull.
• the more difficult to move character of such volumes limits its development, an excessive proportion of the displacement of form compared to the displacement surface (or diving) being unacceptable.
• the invention also makes it possible to solve these drawbacks by proposing a central structure 6 capable of receiving modules allowing in particular a carrying of weapons and of detection means clearly increased compared to that of submarines with a single hull.
• the non-resistant frame 6 delimits a space called "space between hulls" (EEC) 7.
• the bow 8 of the submarine is structured by a frame 9 resting on the front partitions of the resistant hulls 2 and 3.
• 11 delimits the space before hulls (EAVC) 10.
• Each hull resistant 2,3 is provided with a rear frame 11 resting on the rear partitions 12 of the resistant hulls 2 and 3.
• a rear hull space 13 (EARC) takes place between the rear of the two hulls 2 and 3 and the space between shell 7.
• the non-resistant metal frame 6 includes first ballasts arranged in the front hull space 10 and second ballasts located in the rear hull space 13 as well as the associated compressed air reserves. It also includes:
• the other devices that can find an application in the modular concept include the transport of collective life-saving appliances, additional diesel containers, etc.).
• One of the tunnels, referenced 18, is arranged at the level of the profiled block 4 and allows access to the latter.
• Each of the tunnels 17, 18, 19 comprises a resistant door at the level of the life / operation shell 2.
• the control station 24 is connected in particular at interfaces 45, 46, 47, 48 ... located inside the block 4, inside the housings 14, 15 arranged on either side of said profiled block 4 as well as inside a mine housing 50.
• These interfaces are intended to be themselves connected to the module placed in the corresponding housing and relate to the energies as well as the control and information links.
• These interfaces are of the standard type and, in this embodiment, they are connected to the control station by wiring.
• the submarine is capable of resuming slight variations in mass and center of gravity essentially affecting the modules housed in the space between hull 7, these having similar characteristics in order to respect the constraints of balance and weighing.
• the modules do not affect the resistant structure of the submarine and do not participate in the resistance to immersion pressure.
• the presence of the aforementioned modules makes it possible to shorten the completion and arming phase of the submarine by integrating them "just in time", which improves site productivity and limits the testing of 'integration.
• the modules can be interchanged within a few hours to a few days without requiring the submarine to ground in a refit form.
• the handling of the modules accommodates ordinary port installations.
• the requalification of the submarine after changing modules only requires the related functional tests because the architectural characteristics of the submarine are not changed (or in the same order of magnitude as during current refueling operations).
• the versatility of the submarine between patrols is complemented by greater ease in lending itself to upgrading or overhauling operations during its lifetime.
• this versatility does not require, as often on a submarine with a single hull, work on the resistant hull.
• the increase in armament on board is considerable since the housings located in the frame can contain silos with weapons which can be pulled from the control station 24 via the different interfaces between the submarine and the modules and / or containers.

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