Design of flying eye remotely operated vehicle for deep water surveillance

Author

Easley, Brian ; Best, Coper ; Davis, Derekd ; Goldsmith, Brittany ; Martinez, Bnm ; Slaughter, Jaime ; Suen, Sin ; Taylor, James ; Wilson, Carlton

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ocean Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

2075

Abstract

Offshore petroleum reserves have been discovered in depths approaching 3050 m (10000 ft) in the Gulf of Mexico. Therefore, there is a need for the design of a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and a launch and recovery system for the vehicle that is capable of working in this water depth. The ROV is an observational vehicle used to observe underwater systems and operations. The design criteria is 3050 m (10000 ft) depth, Gulf of Mexico, free swimming, tethered, able to cut 0.64 cm (0.25 in) steel cable, capable of lifting 22.7 kg (50 lb), and a 1.04 m/s (2 kt) forward speed, 5.2 m/s (1 kt) lateral speed, 5.2 m/s (1 kt) vertical speed. The ROV must be capable of being launched in a sea state 4, recovered in a sea state 5, shipped on one truck without permit, and the launch system must provide a 2.4 m (8 ft) clearance from the ROV to the side of the support ship

Keywords

remotely operated vehicles; underwater vehicles; 0 to 3050 m; Gulf of Mexico; cable cutting capability; capable of lifting capability; deep water surveillance; design criteria; forward speed; lateral speed; launch system; recovery system; remotely operated vehicle; sea state; support ship; underwater system; vertical speed; Automotive engineering; Marine vehicles; Oceans; Remotely operated vehicles; Silicon compounds; Steel; Surveillance; Underwater cables; Underwater vehicles; Winches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2000 MTS/IEEE Conference and Exhibition

Conference_Location

Providence, RI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6551-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2000.882244

Filename

882244