Naval Academy Research Institute

IRENav
Navy School research institute
Latin Institut de recherche de l’École navale
Research type applied research
Field of research
sonar, fluid dynamics, acoustics
Director Christophe CLARAMUNT
Faculty 31
Students 23
Location Angers/Brest, France
48°16′46″N 4°24′55″W / 48.279361°N 4.415337°W / 48.279361; -4.415337Coordinates: 48°16′46″N 4°24′55″W / 48.279361°N 4.415337°W / 48.279361; -4.415337
Zip code
29240
Campus Arts et Métiers ParisTech - CER Angers, École Navale
CNRS
EA CNRS 3634
Affiliations Arts et Métiers ParisTech
École Navale
Website http://www.ecole-navale.fr/The-Naval-Academy-Research,1804.html

The Naval Academy Research Institute (in French : Institut de recherche de l’École navale), also known as IRENav, is a French research institute under the authority of Arts et Métiers ParisTech and the Navy School (École Navale).[1] The institute is part of the Carnot Institute ARTS and currently employs more than 70 persons. It is also involved in the scientific group "Europôle mer".

Teaching and research topics

The main part of the research is focused on the following lines :

Research teams

The institute is divided in two research teams, which have their own field of research :

  1. M2EN (Mechanics and energy in marine environment)
  2. MoTIM (Maritime information modeling and processing)

Projects

In association with DCNS, the institute has been developing new marine turbines since 2011. The IRENav teams also study ways of improvement for the sails efficiency.[2]

Facilities and equipment

IRENav is mainly equipped to study turbulent flows, including a cavitation tunnel, an hydrodynamic test loop and other apparatuses such as towed and embedded Sonars.

Locations

References and notes

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