Ocean Systems Engineering
Volume 1, Number 4, 2011, pages 297-315
DOI: 10.12989/ose.2011.1.4.297
The effect of vehicle velocity and drift angle on through-body AUV tunnel thruster performance
Aaron Saunders and Meyer Nahon
Abstract
New applications of streamlined Autonomous Underwater Vehicles require an AUV capable of completing missions with both high-speed straight-line runs and slow maneuvers or station keeping tasks. At low, or zero, forward speeds, the AUV
Key Words
autonomous underwater vehicles; AUV thrusters; through-body thrusters; tunnel thrusters; thruster modeling.
Address
Aaron Saunders : Boston Dynamics, Waltham MA 02451, USA
Meyer Nahon : Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, H3A 2K6