• DocumentCode
    3532687
  • Title

    Autonomous underwater vehicle minimum-time navigation in a current field

  • Author

    Blanco, Max ; Wilson, Philip A.

  • Author_Institution
    Fluid-Struct. Interactions Group, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    20-23 Sept. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    The problem of navigation in a spatially variable current is reviewed, and for a certain class of mathematically-describable functions, solved for minimum time in closed form.
  • Keywords
    electric current; electric fields; navigation; optimisation; remotely operated vehicles; underwater vehicles; autonomous underwater vehicle; navigation problem; spatially variable current; Current distribution; Equations; Mathematical model; Navigation; Oceans; Performance analysis; Vehicles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    OCEANS 2010
  • Conference_Location
    Seattle, WA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4332-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OCEANS.2010.5664348
  • Filename
    5664348