Design of an underwater glider platform for shallow-water applications

Abstract

Underwater gliders are a type of autonomous underwater vehicles that glide by controlling their buoyancy and attitude using internal actuators. By changing the vehicle's buoyancy intermittently, vertical motion can be achieved. Characteristic of glider motions include upward and downward in a saw tooth pattern, turning and gliding in a vertical spiral motion glides without using thrusters or propellers. This paper presents the development of the USM

Analysis of the In Situ Steering Motion Characteristics and Sensitivity of Disc-Type Underwater Gliders

“…At present, the design of UGs (underwater gliders) has always been limited by traditional aircraft design theory, that is, the air and hydrodynamic shapes of high-speed aircraft (such as aircraft, missiles, torpedoes, etc.) [47][48][49] are usually used to design the low-speed UGs. Under this design concept, the stability and maneuverability of the UGs are heavily dependent on high speed.…”