Parametric Geometric Model and Hydrodynamic Shape Optimization of A Flying-Wing Structure Underwater Glider

Combining high precision numerical analysis methods with optimization algorithms to make a systematic exploration of a design space has become an important topic in the modern design methods. During the design process of an underwater glider''s flying-wing structure, a surrogate model is introduced to decrease the computation time for a high precision analysis. By these means, the contradiction between precision and efficiency is solved effectively. Based on the parametric geometry modeling, mesh generation and computational fluid dynamics analysis, a surrogate model is constructed by adopting the design of experiment (DOE) theory to solve the multi-objects design optimization problem of the underwater glider. The procedure of a surrogate model construction is presented, and the Gaussian kernel function is specifically discussed. The Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm is applied to hydrodynamic design optimization. The hydrodynamic performance of the optimized flying-wing structure underwater glider increases by 9.1%.     

Motion Analysis and Trials of the Deep Sea Hybrid Underwater Glider Petrel-II

A hybrid underwater glider Petrel-II has been developed and field tested. It is equipped with an active buoyancy unit and a compact propeller unit. Its working modes have been expanded to buoyancy driven gliding and propeller driven level-flight, which can make the glider work in strong currents, as well as many other complicated ocean environments. Its maximal gliding speed reaches 1 knot and the propelling speed is up to 3 knots. In this paper, a 3D dynamic model of Petrel-II is derived using linear momentum and angular momentum equations. According to the dynamic model, the spiral motion in the underwater space is simulated for the gliding mode. Similarly the cycle motion on water surface and the depth-keeping motion underwater are simulated for the level-flight mode. These simulations are important to the performance analysis and parameter optimization for the Petrel-II underwater glider. The simulation results show a good agreement with field trials.     

Dynamic Modeling and Three-Dimensional Motion Analysis of Underwater Gliders

For consideration of both the eccentric rotatable rigid body and the translational rigid body, the dynamic model of the underwater glider is derived. Dynamical behaviors are also studied based on the model and can be used as the guidance to underwater gliders design. Gibbs function of the underwater glider system is derived first, and then the nonlinear dynamic model is obtained by use of Appell equations. The relationships between dynamic behaviors and design parameters are studied by solving the dynamic m...     

Dynamic Modeling and Three-Dimensional Motion Analysis of Underwater Gliders

For Cconsideration ofing both the eccentric rotatable rigid body and the translational rigid body, the dynamic model of the underwater glider is derived. Dynamical behaviors are also studied based on the model and can be used as the guidance to underwater gliders design. Gibbs function of the underwater glider system is derived first, and then the nonlinear dynamic model is obtained by use of Apell Equations. The relationships between dynamical behaviors and design parameters are studied by solving the dynamic model. The spiral motion, swerving motion in three dimensions and the saw-tooth motion of the underwater glider in vertical plane are studied. Lake trials are carried out to validate the dynamic model.     

Stability Analysis of Hybrid-Driven Underwater Glider

Hybrid-driven underwater glider is a new type of unmanned underwater vehicle, which combines the advantages of autonomous underwater vehicles and traditional underwater gliders. The autonomous underwater vehicles have good maneuverability and can travel with a high speed, while the traditional underwater gliders are highlighted by low power consumption, long voyage, long endurance and good stealth characteristics. The hybrid-driven underwater gliders can realize variable motion profiles by their own buoyancy-driven and propeller propulsion systems. Stability of the mechanical system determines the performance of the system. In this paper, the Petrel-Ⅱ hybrid-driven underwater glider developed by Tianjin University is selected as the research object and the stability of hybrid-driven underwater glider unitedly controlled by buoyancy and propeller has been targeted and evidenced. The dimensionless equations of the hybrid-driven underwater glider are obtained when the propeller is working. Then, the steady speed and steady glide path angle under steady-state motion have also been achieved. The steady-state operating conditions can be calculated when the hybrid-driven underwater glider reaches the desired steady-state motion. And the steady-state operating conditions are relatively conservative at the lower bound of the velocity range compared with the range of the velocity derived from the method of the composite Lyapunov function. By calculating the hydrodynamic coefficients of the Petrel-Ⅱ hybrid-driven underwater glider, the simulation analysis has been conducted. In addition, the results of the field trials conducted in the South China Sea and the Danjiangkou Reservoir of China have been presented to illustrate the validity of the analysis and simulation, and to show the feasibility of the method of the composite Lyapunov function which verifies the stability of the Petrel-Ⅱ hybrid-driven underwater glider.     

水下滑翔器浮力驱动机构布局分析

水下滑翔器是一种新型海洋测量平台,它采用浮力驱动方式,并依靠调整重心实现姿态控制.文中从研究水下滑翔器纵垂面内滑翔运动的平衡状态入手,通过对将浮力驱动机构布置在滑翔器的艏部和艉部时的平衡状态受力进行对比分析,指出将浮力驱动机构布置在艏部可以有效缩短重心调节重物的移动距离.并分析了两种布局方式的优缺点,为水下滑翔器的结构设计和控制系统设计提供了参考.     

水下滑翔器耐压壳体的设计与优化

采用特征值屈曲分析方法对水下滑翔器耐压壳体的结构参数进行了分析,计算了结构参数在不同取值情况下壳体的临界失稳压力,在分析比较计算结果的基础上,确定了耐压壳结构参数的最优数值。计算结果表明,优化设计得到的壳体即能满足抗压稳定性和机械强度要求,又最大限度地减轻了壳体的重量,与最初的设计方案相比,壳体重量减轻了1.51 kg,同时也使壳体内部空间得到了加大,其中中间段内部空间直径扩大了8 mm。     

水下滑翔机器人研究进展及应用

水下滑翔机器人（AUG）是一种将浮标技术与传统水下机器人技术相结合的新型水下机器人,可用于长时间、大范围的海洋环境测量和监测,具有较高的可控性和机动性。在欧洲地区海洋环境安全（MERSEA）中水下滑翔机器人扮演了重要的角色,未来其应用领域将更加广泛,性能更加先进。     

水下滑翔器的运动建模与分析

介绍了水下滑翔器的工作机理，对其沉浮阶段的滑翔过程进行了动力学分析，推导了滑翔器在垂直剖面上的动力学方程。论文深入分析了水下滑翔器稳态时的运动规律，以水下滑翔器试验模型为例，推导了其稳态运动参数，通过线性化与适当的简化，得到模型在垂直剖面上的运动状态方程，讨论了系统的可控性与可观测性，为水下滑翔器系统的开发设计和控制提供了理论依据，具有重要的指导意义。     

温差能驱动的水下滑翔器设计与实验研究

论文设计开发了一种新型的温差能驱动的水下滑翔器,并对它做了水域实验研究。文章讨论了温差能驱动的滑翔器运动机理及其在垂直剖面的运动分析,得到稳态运动的参数解。结合能够把水域温差能转变为机械能的热机设计以及滑翔器的主要机械结构和控制硬件系统设计,完成了滑翔器的初步设计与开发。滑翔器在千岛湖进行了水域实验,实验结果表明,此水下滑翔器完全能够利用温差能实现预定的滑翔运动。     

Dynamic modeling and motion simulation for a winged hybrid-driven underwater glider

PETREL,a winged hybrid-driven underwater glider is a novel and practical marine survey platform which combines the features of legacy underwater glider and conventional AUV (autonomous underwater vehicle).It can be treated as a multi-rigid-body system with a floating base and a particular hydrodynamic profile.In this paper,theorems on linear and angular momentum are used to establish the dynamic equations of motion of each rigid body and the effect of translational and rotational motion of internal masses on the attitude control are taken into consideration.In addition,due to the unique external shape with fixed wings and deflectable rudders and the dual-drive operation in thrust and glide modes,the approaches of building dynamic model of conventional AUV and hydrodynamic model of submarine are introduced,and the tailored dynamic equations of the hybrid glider are formulated.Moreover,the behaviors of motion in glide and thrust operation are analyzed based on the simulation and the feasibility of the dynamic model is validated by data from lake field trials.     

水下机器人-机械手系统构建与研究

描述了一水下机器人——机械手系统研究平台的搭建,详细介绍了三功能水下电动机械手的设计与实验,给出了载体分系统的设计结果,利用Matlab工具箱和M函数构建了系统仿真模型,可以有效地对系统规划和控制算法进行验证(包括分别对载体分系统和机械手分系统的控制),可为进一步的现场试验提供指导和方法验证。     

水声数字通信系统的仿真

本文介绍了利用计算机仿真水声数字通信系统。介绍了数字通信系统的组成部分之后，重点介绍水声信道的仿真以及调制方法的选取，通过计算机的仿真提高了水声通信系统设计的有效性，对实际出海实验很有帮助。     

大深度潜航器水下空间运动建模与仿真

分析大深度潜航器水下空间运动特点,建立描述其空间运动的数学模型,并以数学模型为基础利用 MATLAB\Simulink 软件完成潜航器空间运动仿真模型的开发。在搭建的仿真模型基础上,通过数学仿真手段分析了潜航器在螺旋下潜、抛载过渡、定角爬升、稳定至水面航行状态下的水下运动全过程,给出了具有弧形翼板的潜航器外形设计方案的运动能力仿真评估,为后续潜航器运动能力优化设计提供仿真依据。     

基于多体分析的浅水FPSO和水下软钢臂系泊系统运动特性研究

基于多体动力分析方法进行FPSO和水下软钢臂系泊系统的运动特性研究。相较于非线性弹簧模拟软钢臂系泊系统或者其他近似模拟方法,多体分析方法可以充分考虑系泊系统具体结构形式及其动力项对FPSO运动性能的影响,更好的预报系统运动响应和系泊力。本文将FPSO和水下钢臂结构模拟成2个具有6自由度的独立结构,两者用系泊链组进行连接。基于三维势流理论应用汇源分布法,首先在频域内进行FPSO的水动力参数分析,进而在时域内对系统进行耦合动力分析。本文重点讨论系泊系统黏性力和二阶波浪力对系统响应的影响,计算结果发现系泊系统黏性力对系泊力有一定影响,而在浅水条件下二阶波浪力的计算对准确预报系统运动及系泊力非常重要。     

水声通信半物理仿真平台设计与应用

信道自身的复杂性和现场级试验的高投入、高风险限制了水声通信技术的发展。针对高效率水声通信技术研究的需求,提出1种水声通信半物理仿真平台水声通信半物理仿真平台(A Hardware-in-Loop Simulation Platform for Underwater Acoustic Communication)。水声通信半物理仿真平台以可配置水声Modem为核心,包括现场测试采集系统、算法仿真评估系统、算法实现装载系统、水声波形存储播放系统。基于建立的水声通信半物理仿真平台,进行水声直接序列扩频通信系统的半物理仿真研究,结果表明水声通信半物理仿真平台可有效提高水声通信技术的研究效率。     

Hydrodynamic Modeling with Grey-Box Method of A Foil-Like Underwater Vehicle

In this study, a dynamic modeling method for foil-like underwater vehicles is introduced and experimentally verified in different sea tests of the Hadal ARV. The dumping force of a foil-like underwater vehicle is sensitive to swing motion. Some foil-like underwater vehicles swing periodically when performing a free-fall dive task in experiments. Models using conventional modeling methods yield solutions with asymptotic stability, which cannot simulate the self-sustained swing motion. By improving the ridge regression optimization algorithm, a grey-box modeling method based on 378 viscous drag coefficients using the Taylor series expansion is proposed in this study. The method is optimized for over-fitting and convergence problems caused by large parameter matrices. Instead of the PMM test data, the unsteady computational fluid dynamics calculation results are used in modeling. The obtained model can better simulate the swing motion of the underwater vehicle. Simulation and experimental results show a good consistency in free-fall tests during sea trials, as well as a prediction of the dive speed in the swing state.     

Modeling and Simulation of Supercavity with Inertial Force in the Horizontal Curvilinear Motion

To make a curvilinear motion in the horizontal plane is one of the most contents for realizing the maneuverability of the supercavitating vehicle. It is significant to achieve the controllability and maneuverability of the vehicle in three dimensions both theoretically and practically on research. Models of angle of attack, gravity and inertial force effects on the supercavity in the horizontal curvilinear motion are established, respectively. The supercavity is simulated based on these models in combination with Logvinovich model and the unsteady gas-leakage rate model at the given ventilation rate, and the effect of the inertial force on it is analyzed numerically. Results show that the maximum deviation of the center line of the cross section of supercavity towards the outward normal direction of its trajectory increases as the cavitation number or curvature radius decrease and always occur in the tail because of the increase of inertial effects along the axis of supercavity from the cavitator when other models and flow parameters are constant for the given trajectory curvature. For the variable curvature, the supercavity sheds due to its instability caused by the time-varying angle of attack. The deviation increases along the length of supercavity if the curvature remains the same sign.     

SAR影像仿真与水下地形反演的阻尼牛顿—行作用法

研究了浅海SAR影像仿真与水下地形反演的数值方法。将仿真与反演问题模型处理为相互独立的依赖于时间的非线性偏微分方程动力系统。使反演问题模型仅依赖于SAR影像灰度值，计算可一次性完成，计算过程中无须与正问题进行数据交互，在此基础上，提出了仿真与反演的一种新的一致性优化算法：阻尼牛顿-行作用法．数值实验结果表明，算法对SAR影像仿真问题具有高效、可靠、计算稳定的特征；对水下地形反演问题也有较强的数值稳定性和较高的计算精度。本文3个算例反演出的地形与实际地形之间的相关系数都优于0．72029．     

立式翼型主体拖曳式水下潜器的设计及操纵性能

针对现有拖曳式水下潜器控制机构复杂、航向与姿态不容易稳定的缺陷,提出和设计了一种具有航向与姿态稳定的多自由度可控制拖曳式水下潜器样机。该样机主要由鱼雷状浮体、固定水平主翼、转角可控制襟翼、立式翼型主体等部分组成,潜器的深度控制通过控制襟翼的偏转来诱导固定水平主翼攻角的改变来实现;潜器的横荡运动操纵以通过控制两个作为转艏控制器的导管螺旋桨的转向与转速、诱导立式翼型主体产生诱导力矩使其产生横向偏转来进行。文中所提出和设计的样机具有运动过程中自我稳定能力强、航向稳定性好、控制机构简单并具有较高实用价值的特点。