Title :
Operations to 11,000m: Nereus ceramic housing design and analysis
Author_Institution :
Appl. Ocean Phys. & Eng., Woods Hole Oceanogr. Instn.Woods Hole, Woods Hole, MA, USA
Abstract :
HROV Nereus, a full-ocean-depth hybrid remotely operated vehicle (HROV) built at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), dove nearly 7 miles to the bottom of the Marianas Trench in June 2009. Nereus was the third submersible to reach the bottom of the trench, but the first autonomous vehicle. Its hybrid design allows transformation from remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) simply by removing a work platform and releasing its tether.
Keywords :
autonomous underwater vehicles; design; mountings; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic regions; optical fibres; packaging; AD 2009 06; HROV Nereus; Marianas Trench; Nereus ceramic housing design; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; autonomous underwater vehicle; ceramic housing analysis; ceramic penetrations; extreme external pressures; fiber-optic strand; full-ocean-depth hybrid remotely operated vehicle; glass-dome mounting; hybrid design; joint-rings; lithium-ion batteries; power supply; pressure housings; standard remotely operated vehicle mode; submersible; technical ceramics; tether; work platform; Ceramics; Glass; Joints; Oceans; Stress; Titanium; AUV; HROV Nereus; Marianas Trench; ROV; ceramic housing; design; hybrid; ocean technology;
Conference_Titel :
Oceans - San Diego, 2013
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
