THE SOLBERG AWARD

摘要

Dr. Ramana Grandhi's stellar achievements in multidisciplinary design and optimization (MDO) have generated original methodologies for new and efficient lightweight torpedo designs. Using innovative, reliability-based design optimization techniques, Dr. Grandhi has applied his methods to the creation of a variable shape cavitator for a supercavitating torpedo and to the development of a composite hull for a lightweight torpedo that withstands underwater explosions and reduces the acoustic signature. With remarkable insight, Dr. Grandhi formulated these methodologies for future undersea weapon systems by using computational modeling and reliability analysis to create a new generation of lightweight and supercavitating torpedoes.