Tethys-class long range AUVs-extending the endurance of propeller-driven cruising AUVs from days to weeks

2012 IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, AUV 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hobson, Brett W ^a   Bellingham, James G ^a   Kieft, Brian ^a   McEwen, Rob ^a   Godin, Michael ^a   Zhang, Yanwu ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

AUV; Cruising AUV; long endurance; Long range; persistence; Propeller driven AUV

Indexed keywords

AUV; CRUISING AUV; DOCKING STATION; LONG RANGE; MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTES; OCEAN BASINS; OCEANOGRAPHIC PROCESS; PERSISTENCE; REMOTE LOCATION; SCIENCE MISSIONS; SENSOR POWER; SUPPORT SHIPS; VARIABLE SPEED;

PROPELLERS; SHIP PROPULSION; SHIPS;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

EID: 84872975020     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AUV.2012.6380735     Document Type: Conference Paper

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