Underwater Deployable Testing Platform.

Abstract

An underwater testing platform assembly includes first and second rails for disposition in part in a body of water, each of the rails having facility for connection to a surface vessel. The rails are disposed vertically, and parallel to each other. A cage comprising a network of struts is mounted on the rails. A skid is mounted on, and is movable in, the cage, and can receive and retain an apparatus to be tested. First and second travelers are fixed to the cage and are movably mounted, respectively, on the rails, such that the cage is vertically movable on the rails. Instrumentation is mounted on the cage. A transmission line is connected at a first end to the instrumentation and extends to the surface vessel. A receiver on the surface vessel has a second end of the transmission line connected thereto and receives data signals from the instrumentation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADD019164

Entities

People

  • Daniel W. French
  • John J. Vaillancourt
  • Richard R. Shell
  • Robert N. Carpenter

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly
  • Attorneys
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Instrumentation
  • Inventions
  • Leading Edges
  • Materials
  • Platforms
  • Seabed
  • Sonar
  • Sonar Receivers
  • Test Equipment
  • Transmission Lines
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.