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°WCoordinates: 48°16′46″N 4°24′55″W / 48.279361°N 4.415337°W
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 :

• Energy and fluid dynamics
• Acoustics and submarine transmissions

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

• Angers campus of Arts et Métiers ParisTech
• École Navale of Brest

References and notes

1. http://www.reconsurve.eu/about.do?subPage=about03
2. http://www.innovsail.com/.page-3