Title :
Experimental determination of the hydrofoil´s angle of attack in the case of a turtle-like Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
Author :
Font, D. ; Tresanchez, M. ; Siegentahler, C. ; Teixidó, M. ; Pallejà, T. ; Pradalier, C. ; Palacín, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Ind. Eng., Univ. of Lleida, Lleida, Spain
Abstract :
In this paper a turtle´s hydrofoil 2 DoF´s mechanism (degrees of freedom) is implemented and tested in a water channel as a propulsion system for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). The experiments carried out showed an optimal empirical value of the angle of attack for the turtle´s hydrofoil that is compared with the theoretical value. The hydrofoil path used in the tests was a linear displacement and the optimization of this path will be analyzed in future works.
Keywords :
hydrodynamics; marine vehicles; optimisation; propulsion; remotely operated vehicles; underwater vehicles; DoF mechanism; angle of attack; hydrofoil angle of attack; path optimization; propulsion system; turtle-like autonomous underwater vehicle; water channel; Drag; Force; Hydrodynamics; Propulsion; Robots; Underwater vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS, 2011 IEEE - Spain
Conference_Location :
Santander
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0086-6
DOI :
10.1109/Oceans-Spain.2011.6003460
