A Recovery System for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Abstract

A capture mechanism is provided that employs water jets flowing in a horizontal direction to move an unmanned underwater vehicle toward a centerline region of the water jets. The Bernoulli effect is implemented with the water jets directed at the underwater vehicle. As the water jets align the vehicle toward the centerline of the water jets; the vehicle stabilizes.The underwater vehicle transits into the capture mechanism and can be guided by a homing device.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 28, 2017
Accession Number
AD1048730

Entities

People

  • Anthony A. Ruffa

Organizations

  • Naval Undersea Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Digital Data
  • Digital Information
  • Inventions
  • Metadata
  • Patent Applications
  • Patents
  • Recovery
  • Technology Transfer
  • Undersea Warfare
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • United States
  • Unmanned
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Vehicles
  • Water Jets

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Petroleum Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy