A MULTI-BODY SPACE-COUPLED MOTION SIMULATION FOR A DEEP-SEA TETHERED REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE

作者:Zhu Ke qiang*; Zhu Hai yang; Zhang Yu song; Gao Jie; Miao Guo ping
来源:Journal of Hydrodynamics, 2008, 20(2): 210-215.
DOI:10.1016/S1001-6058(08)60048-7

摘要

A multi-body coupled dynamic model is developed to simulate the motion of a Tethered Remotely Operated Vehicle (TROV) system. A strong nonlinear coupling motion between umbilical tether and ROV is discussed The movement of ROV is considered as six-degrees of freedom. The lumped mass model is applied and an averaged tangential vector technique is included in the three-dimensional dynamic response equations of the cable-segments. The model can simulate the three-dimensional transient coupled motion of the complex multi-body system in typical ship maneuvering conditions and can be used in either a towing problem or a tethered underwater vehicle problem. Simulation results are seen to fit well with the experiment.