The AUTODROP model is designed to be dropped out of a ship and be able to manoeuvre autonomously to a fixed point with small uncertainty. During navigation, two phases can be identified: dropping phase and slow down one. The first lasts the great part of falling time and the task is to reach the desired location, the second is the landing, when the model has to reduce its speed, keep the right direction to the target and perform several operations, like unfolding the legs,before touching the seabed. This document describes the first step of the Guidance Control System, its components and functioning. Morover it reports the activity performed at CNR-INSEAN Circulating Water Channel, in order to evaluate forces due to appendages on the Autodrop model and characterize its behaviour during basic manoeuvres.
D1.5: AutoDrop circulating water channel test report
Ortolani F;La Gala F
2012
Abstract
The AUTODROP model is designed to be dropped out of a ship and be able to manoeuvre autonomously to a fixed point with small uncertainty. During navigation, two phases can be identified: dropping phase and slow down one. The first lasts the great part of falling time and the task is to reach the desired location, the second is the landing, when the model has to reduce its speed, keep the right direction to the target and perform several operations, like unfolding the legs,before touching the seabed. This document describes the first step of the Guidance Control System, its components and functioning. Morover it reports the activity performed at CNR-INSEAN Circulating Water Channel, in order to evaluate forces due to appendages on the Autodrop model and characterize its behaviour during basic manoeuvres.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
