Title :
Inspection of submarine cable of over 400 km by AUV
Author :
Asai, Teruyuki ; Kojima, Junichi ; Asakawa, And Kenichi ; Iso, Tomotsune
Author_Institution :
Kokusai Marine Eng. Corp., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Inspection of submarine cable of over 400 km was carried out by a latest autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) name AQUA EXPLORER 2 (AE2) in Taiwan Strait in the last summer. Because of the strong current in the Strait, AUV were expected as the most cost effective tool for inspection. AE2 measured cable burial depth and took pictures of the seafloor. This paper will describe the results of operation of AE2 in Taiwan Strait
Keywords :
automatic optical inspection; submarine cables; underwater vehicles; AE2; AQUA EXPLORER 2; AUV; Taiwan Strait; autonomous underwater vehicle; cable burial depth; submarine cable inspection; Batteries; Inspection; Laboratories; Marine vehicles; Ocean temperature; Propellers; Remotely operated vehicles; Sea floor; Sea measurements; Underwater cables;
Conference_Titel :
Underwater Technology, 2000. UT 00. Proceedings of the 2000 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6378-7
DOI :
10.1109/UT.2000.852529
