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<p>Underwater gliders are winged, autonomous underwater vehicles that are broadly applied in physical and biological oceanography. The position of the wing has an important effect on the movement performance of the underwater glider. In this paper, the dynamic motion of a series of underwater glider models with different longitudinal wing positions are simulated, which provides guidance for the design of underwater gliders. The results show that when the net buoyancy is constant, the wing position affects the gliding angle, but does not affect the relationship between the gliding angle and the gliding speed. In addition, the farther the wing position of the glider is from the buoyancy centre, the longer it takes for the attitude of a glider to change, whether the wing is in front of, or behind, the buoyancy centre.</p>
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Underwater gliders are winged, autonomous underwater vehicles that are broadly applied in physical and biological oceanography. The position of the wing has an important effect on the movement performance of the underwater glider. In this paper, the dynamic motion of a series of underwater glider models with different longitudinal wing positions are simulated, which provides guidance for the design of underwater gliders. The results show that when the net buoyancy is constant, the wing position affects the gliding angle, but does not affect the relationship between the gliding angle and the gliding speed. In addition, the farther the wing position of the glider is from the buoyancy centre, the longer it takes for the attitude of a glider to change, whether the wing is in front of, or behind, the buoyancy centre.

Numerical Study of the Effect of Wing Position on the Dynamic Motion Characteristics of an Underwater Glider

Polish Maritime Research

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Underwater gliders are winged, autonomous underwater vehicles that are broadly applied in physical and biological oceanography. The position of the wing has an...

Numerical Study of the Effect of Wing Position on the Dynamic Motion Characteristics of an Underwater Glider

Published Online: Jul 15, 2021

Page range: 4 - 17

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2021-0016

Keywords
underwater glider, motion simulation, wing position

© 2021 Xiangcheng Wu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Numerical Study of the Effect of Wing Position on the Dynamic Motion Characteristics of an Underwater Glider

Published Online: Jul 15, 2021

Page range: 4 - 17

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2021-0016

Keywordsunderwater glider, motion simulation, wing position

© 2021 Xiangcheng Wu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
underwater glider, motion simulation, wing position