Design concept of tsukuyomi underwater glider prototype for virtual mooring

Kenichi Asakawa; Masahiko Nakamura; Taiyo Kobayashi; Yoshitaka Watanabe; Tadahiro Hyakudome; Yuzuru Ito; Junichi Kojima

doi:10.1109/Oceans-Spain.2011.6003667

Design concept of tsukuyomi underwater glider prototype for virtual mooring

Kenichi Asakawa, Masahiko Nakamura, Taiyo Kobayashi, Yoshitaka Watanabe, Tadahiro Hyakudome, Yuzuru Ito, Junichi Kojima

Division of Earth Environment Dynamics

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Abstract

The design concept of a prototype underwater glider "Tsukuyomi" for virtual mooring is described. It uses a buoyancy engine for propulsion as it ascends and descends between the seafloor and the ocean surface to monitor the underwater environment. Its maximum operating depth is 3,000 m. It can sleep for a fixed time on seafloor to extend the observation period. We have already conducted towing-tank tests using a half-sized model to evaluate its hydrodynamic characteristics.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	OCEANS 2011 IEEE - Spain
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/Oceans-Spain.2011.6003667
Publication status	Published - Sep 23 2011
Event	OCEANS 2011 IEEE - Spain - Santander, Spain Duration: Jun 6 2011 → Jun 9 2011

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Other	OCEANS 2011 IEEE - Spain
Country	Spain
City	Santander
Period	6/6/11 → 6/9/11

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Asakawa, K., Nakamura, M., Kobayashi, T., Watanabe, Y., Hyakudome, T., Ito, Y., & Kojima, J. (2011). Design concept of tsukuyomi underwater glider prototype for virtual mooring. In OCEANS 2011 IEEE - Spain [6003667] https://doi.org/10.1109/Oceans-Spain.2011.6003667

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