Mechanical Design of a Trawl-Resistant Self-Mooring Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

The Virginia Tech Trawl-Resistant Self-Mooring Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (TRSMAUV) is designed to reside on the seafloor for extended periods of time. The TRSMAUV shape allows for deployment in areas where trawl fisheries are conducted. TRSMAUV is a two stage vehicle. The ingress vehicle is the delivery device, and it is constructed from two symmetric halves. The top half contains the ingress vehicle propulsion system and control surfaces. The bottom half is the trawl-resistant mooring package. A smaller vehicle, the egress vehicle, is housed within the bottom ingress half and provides the guidance, navigation and control algorithms for the TRSMAUV. This report covers the general design elements of the TRSMAUV, the detail design of several prototypes, the results of the field trials, and the next steps that will be taken to build the final vehicle.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Ocean Engineering

Department dc:contributor.department

Aerospace and Ocean Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2016

Author dc:creator

• Wilson, Taylor Boyde

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Neu, Wayne L.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Woolsey, Craig A.
• Stilwell, Daniel J.

• Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
• Self-Mooring
• Trawl-Resistant
• AUV
• TRSMAUV

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

vt_gsexam:7029

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/64504