Propulsive performance of the autonomous underwater vehicle "C-SCOUT"

Author

Thomas, R. ; Bose, N. ; Williams, C.D.

Author_Institution

Ocean & Naval Archit. Eng., Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland, St John´s, NL, Canada

Volume

4

fYear

2003

fDate

22-26 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

2170

Abstract

The AUV "C-SCOUT" is being jointly developed by the National Research Council Canada - Institute for Marine Dynamics (NRC-IMD) and the Ocean Engineering Research Centre at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN-OERC) with the support of several Canadian companies and universities. In its current configuration, the vehicle is torpedo-shaped, with an overall length of 2.70 metres and a diameter of 0.40 metres. In December 2002, the authors conducted propulsion tests on the full scale "C-SCOUT" vehicle, at the towing tank of the OERC. This paper reports results from those tests.

Keywords

oceanographic equipment; propulsion; remote sensing; remotely operated vehicles; underwater vehicles; 0.40 m; 2.70 m; AD 2002 12; C-SCOUT vehicle; National Research Council Canada - Institute for Marine Dynamics; Ocean Engineering Research Centre; autonomous underwater vehicle; propulsion tests; torpedo-shaped vehicle; towing tank; Automatic testing; Automotive engineering; Batteries; Design engineering; Marine vehicles; Oceans; Propulsion; Springs; System testing; Underwater vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2003. Proceedings

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-933957-30-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2003.178239

Filename

1282816