Abstract
The paper addresses the problem of autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) modeling and parameter estimation as a means to predict the expected dynamic performance of underwater vehicles and thus provide solid guidelines during their design phase. The use of analytical and semi-empirical (ASE) methods to predict the hydrodynamic derivatives of a large class of AUVs with conventional, streamlined bodies is discussed. An application is made to the estimation of the hydrodynamic derivatives of the MAYA AUV, an autonomous vehicle that is being developed under a joint Indian-Portuguese project. The estimates are used to predict the behavior of the vehicle in the vertical plane and to assess the impact of stern plane size on its expected performance.
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