1st Edition
Technology and Applications of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Edited By Gwyn Griffiths
Copyright 2003
368 Pages
by
CRC Press
368 Pages
by
CRC Press
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The oceans are a hostile environment, and gathering information on deep-sea life and the seabed is incredibly difficult. Autonomous underwater vehicles are robot submarines that are revolutionizing the way in which researchers and industry obtain data. Advances in technology have resulted in capable vehicles that have made new discoveries on how the oceans work, and have dramatically reduced the... Read more
List of contributors, Foreword, Introduction, Abbreviations and acronyms, 1. Distributed Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation for Unmanned Underwater Vehicle DevelopmentâIssues and Applications, 2. Power Sources for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles, 3. Autonomous Buoyancy-driven Underwater Gliders, 4. Solar Powered Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, 5. Advanced Materials and their Influence on the Structural Design of AUVs, 6. Docking Systems, 7. Propulsion Systems for AUVs, 8. AUV Tasks in the Offshore Industry, 9. Multidisciplinary Ocean Science Applications of an AUV: The Autosub Science Missions Programme, 10. Defence Applications for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles, 11. Detailed Seabed Surveys with AUVs, 12. AUVs for Surveys in Complex Environments, 13. Cargo Carrying AUVs, 14. Semi-submersible AUVs, 15. AUV Sensors for Marine Research, 16. Logistics, Risks and Procedures Concerning Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, 17. The Legal Regime Governing the Operation of AUVs, References, Index
Biography
Gwyn Griffiths
