Self-management of the umbilical of a ROV for underwater exploration

C Viel - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
This article focuses on passive self-management of the umbilical of a Remotely Operated
Vehicle (ROV) for underwater exploration. The goal is to give a predictable shape to the …

A new dynamic model of towing cables

S da Silva Gomes, SCP Gomes - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
This article proposes a new formalism for the dynamic modeling of a cable towing system, in
which both the tugboat and the towed vessel are subject to forces from waves on the sea …

A hamiltonian global nodal position finite element method for dynamics analysis of submarine cables

H Zhou, X Yan, D Hu, X Han - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The dynamics of submarine cables can be expressed in Hamiltonian formalism, which can
reduce the error accumulation over long-term numerical calculation. This paper proposes a …

ROV localization based on umbilical angle measurement

C Viel, J Drupt, C Dune, V Hugel - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
If the umbilical of Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) allows the transmission of information in
real time or the supply of energy to the robot, it also has many disadvantages such as …

A numerical method for analyzing the influence of underwater vehicle flow field on dynamic behavior of towed sonar cable array

X Du, H Cui, Z Zhang - Ocean Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Simulations of the dynamic behavior of a sonar cable array towed by an underwater vehicle
considering the influence of flow field disturbed by the underwater vehicle and its propeller …

Modeling and analysis of static and dynamic behavior of marine towed cable-array system based on the vessel motion

MR Gharib, A Heydari… - Advances in …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Towing cables are playing a key role in maneuverability of moving or submerged vessels
and the supporting vehicles in the ocean. This investigation evaluates the tension strength of …

Self-management of ROV umbilical using sliding buoys and stop

C Viel - IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The umbilical of Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) has two main problems: it is subject to
entanglement with obstacles or itself, and its shape is difficult to predict for the navigation. To …

Influence of ocean currents on the stability of underwater glider self-mooring motion with a cable

X Du, X Zhang - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
The underwater glider mooring motion with a cable has its unique advantages and is
gradually gaining attention. The influence of ocean currents on its residence stability cannot …

Dynamics calculation for variable-length underwater cable with geometrically nonlinear motion

W Quan, Q Chang, Q Zhang, J Gong - Ocean Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
A new finite element model of the variable-length underwater cable with geometrically
nonlinear motion is presented in this paper. This model accounts for the effects of axial load …

On the importance of angle-dependent hydrodynamic coefficients in the equilibrium configuration analysis of synthetic fiber towing ropes

G Li, MJ Janocha, G Yin, MC Ong, W Li - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The underwater configuration analysis of a towing rope is crucial for estimating the rope
tension and the state of the towed body. In the case where the rope inclination angle …