TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of Towed Vehicle Systems for Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
AU - Koterayama, W.
AU - Kaneko, A.
AU - Nakamura, M.
AU - Hori, T.
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hull have serious adverse effects. The results of on-site experiments shown in Figs.10 and 11 indicated that the well-designed towed vehicle can exclude these negative elements, but more deeper studies by means of numericaI simulations and on-site experiments (Kaneko et al., 1990) are needed for the quantitative evaluation of the accuracy of measurements by an ADCP-towed vehicle system. Acknowlegement This work is a part of the Ocean Research Project of the Research Institute for Applied Mechanics financed by the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan. The authors thank members of the Ocean Research Group of R.I.A.M.
PY - 1991/1/1
Y1 - 1991/1/1
N2 - Two different types of towed vehicle, EIKO and DRAKE have been developed to house an ADCP (acoustic Doppler current profiler). EIKO is a simple and stable vehicle without any mechanism for the motion control. The depth and roll of DRAKE are controlled by the main wings and horizontal tail wings. The contours of EIKO and DRAKE are designed so as to increase the hydrodynamic damping force and t o decrease the unstable roll moment acting on them. Structures of the two vehicles and results of on-site experiments for confirming their performances are described. The experiments showed that EIKO and DRAKE with ADCP are suitable for measurements of the ocean current.
AB - Two different types of towed vehicle, EIKO and DRAKE have been developed to house an ADCP (acoustic Doppler current profiler). EIKO is a simple and stable vehicle without any mechanism for the motion control. The depth and roll of DRAKE are controlled by the main wings and horizontal tail wings. The contours of EIKO and DRAKE are designed so as to increase the hydrodynamic damping force and t o decrease the unstable roll moment acting on them. Structures of the two vehicles and results of on-site experiments for confirming their performances are described. The experiments showed that EIKO and DRAKE with ADCP are suitable for measurements of the ocean current.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0422-9894(08)70103-X
DO - 10.1016/S0422-9894(08)70103-X
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77956836410
SN - 0422-9894
VL - 54
SP - 293
EP - 304
JO - Elsevier Oceanography Series
JF - Elsevier Oceanography Series
IS - C
ER -