Abstract
Designing a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) is a complicated task in which the design team deals with a considerable amount of uncertainty before the device is able to be tested at full scale. A way to cope with such uncertainty is to use simulation software to evaluate design concepts along the different levels of abstraction of the process. In this work, the use of aNySIM, the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) multibody time-domain simulation tool, as a part of the design process of an ROV is addressed. The simulation software is able to solve the equations of motion of the vehicle based on rigid body dynamics, including features such as hydrodynamics, hydrostatics, thrusters, thrust allocation, and PID control. Different simulation scenarios are proposed to evaluate different concept solutions to the design, including thruster parameters and distribution. The results are further used to select the concept solutions to be implemented in the final design.
Highlights
Because of the importance of the ocean for several industries such as fisheries, transportation, tourism, and offshore industry, among others, there is an increase on the use of marine-related technologies around the world
For a manned submersible [5], the sequence starts with the mission and performance requirements and the different subsystems are approached in the following manner: component arrangement, geometry and displacement, hull and structure, propulsion plant, electrical plant, command and surveillance, auxiliary systems, outfit and furnishings, energy summary and energy storage system, weight displacement centre summary, and cost estimate summary
We address the use of aNySIM, a multibody time-domain simulation tool developed by the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN), as a part of the design process of an Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) when the geometry is not well known but choices must be made regarding motionrelated components, focusing on the features of the ROV
Summary
Because of the importance of the ocean for several industries such as fisheries, transportation, tourism, and offshore industry, among others, there is an increase on the use of marine-related technologies around the world. Using computational tools allows the marine craft design process to be speeded up, at early stages when there is no detailed information about components and geometry or when it is not possible to perform experiments. We address the use of aNySIM, a multibody time-domain simulation tool developed by the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN), as a part of the design process of an ROV when the geometry is not well known but choices must be made regarding motionrelated components, focusing on the features of the ROV.
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