TY - GEN
T1 - "LUNA" Testbed vehicle for virtual mooring
AU - Nakamura, Masahiko
AU - Hyodo, Takashi
AU - Koterayama, Wataru
PY - 2007/12/3
Y1 - 2007/12/3
N2 - In recent years, predictions of changes in the environment on earth and studies on ecodevelopment have become important. For this research on going ocean data in time and space is required, and has been obtainable using by mooring systems. However, a conventional mooring system can observe only discrete data in perpendicular space and moreover, construction of such a system requires a manpower and great expense. To solve this problem, an underwater vehicle for virtual mooring has been developed at Research Institute for Applied Mechanics (RIAM). The vehicle glides back and forth between the sea surface and the seabed collecting ocean data, with direction control regulating the vehicle's position in a designated area. This paper describes the testbed vehicle "LUNA" that was designed to develop a virtual mooring system, and the control algorithm is discussed.
AB - In recent years, predictions of changes in the environment on earth and studies on ecodevelopment have become important. For this research on going ocean data in time and space is required, and has been obtainable using by mooring systems. However, a conventional mooring system can observe only discrete data in perpendicular space and moreover, construction of such a system requires a manpower and great expense. To solve this problem, an underwater vehicle for virtual mooring has been developed at Research Institute for Applied Mechanics (RIAM). The vehicle glides back and forth between the sea surface and the seabed collecting ocean data, with direction control regulating the vehicle's position in a designated area. This paper describes the testbed vehicle "LUNA" that was designed to develop a virtual mooring system, and the control algorithm is discussed.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:36448937463
SN - 1880653680
SN - 9781880653685
T3 - Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference
SP - 1130
EP - 1137
BT - Proceedings of The Seventeenth 2007 International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE 2007
T2 - 17th 2007 International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE 2007
Y2 - 1 July 2007 through 6 July 2007
ER -