DocumentCode
2946812
Title
The transparent hull submersible makakai
Author
Murphy, Douglas W.
Author_Institution
Naval Undersea Research and Development Center, San Diego, CA, USA
fYear
1971
fDate
21-24 Sept. 1971
Firstpage
298
Lastpage
301
Abstract
The transparent hull submersible MAKAKAI has been constructed by the Hawaii Laboratory of Naval Undersea Research and Development Center. Unique features of the submersible are its 66-inch O.D. transparent acrylic pressure hull, its pi-itch cycloidal propulsion system, its environmental cooling system, and its control information transmission systems. The vehicle has an operating depth of 600 feet. Its overall mission goals are to provide a submersible developmental test and demonstration platform for undersea hardware and a working vehicle for scientific personnel.
Keywords
Battery powered vehicles; Civil engineering; Electronic ballasts; Fasteners; Missiles; Oil filled cables; Payloads; Propellers; Steel; Underwater vehicles;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in the Ocean Environment, IEEE 1971 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OCEANS.1971.1161011
Filename
1161011
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