Gliding tests of underwater glider for long-term virtual mooring in towing tank

Masahiko Nakamura; Kenichi Asakawa; Tadahiro Hyakudome; Tetsuya Kawatani; Tsuyoshi Ueda

Gliding tests of underwater glider for long-term virtual mooring in towing tank

Masahiko Nakamura, Kenichi Asakawa, Tadahiro Hyakudome, Tetsuya Kawatani, Tsuyoshi Ueda

Division of Earth Environment Dynamics

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Abstract

A prototype of a 3000m-class underwater glider for virtual mooring is being developed by JAMSTEC (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology) with RIAM (the Research Institute for Applied Mechanics) of Kyushu University. The vehicle houses various pieces of observation equipment and glides back and forth between the sea surface and the seabed collecting ocean data in a specific area (virtual mooring area) for more than one year at a time. A prototype glider "Tsukuyomi" has been built, and we successfully conducted tank-tests in December 2011. This paper summarizes the design concept and an outline of the glider and shows the results of the gliding tests in the towing tank.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 23rd International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE 2013
Pages	350-355
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	23rd International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE 2013 - Anchorage, AK, United States Duration: Jun 30 2013 → Jul 5 2013

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Name	Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference
ISSN (Print)	1098-6189
ISSN (Electronic)	1555-1792

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Other	23rd International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE 2013
Country/Territory	United States
City	Anchorage, AK
Period	6/30/13 → 7/5/13

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Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Ocean Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

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Gliding tests of underwater glider for long-term virtual mooring in towing tank. / Nakamura, Masahiko; Asakawa, Kenichi; Hyakudome, Tadahiro et al.
Proceedings of the 23rd International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE 2013. 2013. p. 350-355 (Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Nakamura, M, Asakawa, K, Hyakudome, T, Kawatani, T & Ueda, T 2013, Gliding tests of underwater glider for long-term virtual mooring in towing tank. in Proceedings of the 23rd International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE 2013. Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, pp. 350-355, 23rd International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE 2013, Anchorage, AK, United States, 6/30/13.

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