Development and preliminary experimental validation of a wind- and solar-powered autonomous surface vehicle

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 971-983

  Rynne, Patrick F ^a   Von Ellenrieder, Karl D ^a  

^a Florida Atlantic University   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous sailboat; autonomous surface vehicle (ASV); ocean observation system

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY; AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE PREDICTIONS; AUTONOMOUS SAILBOAT; AUTONOMOUS SURFACE VEHICLE (ASV); CONCEPT VEHICLES; CONTROL APPROACH; CONTROL SCHEMES; CROSS SECTION; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FIELD TRIAL; GENERATING MODE; MANUAL DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL DERIVATION; OCEAN OBSERVATION SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL ANGLE; SAILING MODES; SEA STATE; SIMULATION RESULT; SOLAR-POWERED; SURFACE VEHICLES; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; VELOCITY PREDICTION; WING SAIL;

AERODYNAMICS; AIRFOILS; DESIGN; DRAG; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SAILING VESSELS; SURFACE TESTING; VEHICLES;

RIGID WINGS;

EID: 78649755602     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2010.2078311     Document Type: Article

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