Dynamics Modeling of a Wave Glider With Optimal Wing Structure
IEEE Access, 2018 The wave glider is a new concept marine robot that can make use of wave energy to obtain thrust. Differ from the traditional unmanned vehicle, the wave glider consists of the floating body, the connecting tether, and the submerge glider.
Jiawang Chen +3 more
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The Intelligent Control System and Experiments for an Unmanned Wave Glider. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The control system designing of Unmanned Wave Glider (UWG) is challenging since the control system is weak maneuvering, large time-lag and large disturbance, which is difficult to establish accurate mathematical model.
Yulei Liao +4 more
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Analysis of Electromagnetic Field Characteristics of Wave Glider
Applied SciencesA wave glider is an ocean observation platform that utilizes wave energy to drive and solar energy to power. Its metal structure will generate related electromagnetic fields due to corrosion and underwater motion. In the detection of weak electromagnetic
Taotao Xie +3 more
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A comparison of the Pac-X trans-Pacific Wave Glider data and satellite data (MODIS, Aquarius, TRMM and VIIRS). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Four wave-propelled autonomous vehicles (Wave Gliders) instrumented with a variety of oceanographic and meteorological sensors were launched from San Francisco, CA in November 2011 for a trans-Pacific (Pac-X) voyage to test platform endurance.
Tracy A Villareal, Cara Wilson
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Dynamic Landing Control of a Quadrotor on the Wave Glider [PDF]
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021 Aiming at the problems of difficult attitude stabilization, low landing accuracy, large external disturbance and slow dynamic response during the quadrotor dynamic landing on the wave glider, an improved series active disturbance rejection control method
Zhilin Lyu +6 more
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Results of the first Wave Glider experiment in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea
Advances in Oceanography and Limnology, 2016 A wave-propelled autonomous vehicle (Wave Glider) instrumented with a variety of oceanographic and meteorological sensors was launched from Gulf of Naples on the 12th of September 2012 for a two-week mission in the Southern Tyrrhenian Sea.
Giuseppe Aulicino +9 more
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Autonomous wave gliders as a tool to characterize delphinid habitats along the Florida Atlantic coast [PDF]
PeerJAs climate change and anthropogenic activities continue to impact cetacean species, it becomes increasingly urgent to efficiently monitor cetacean populations.
Jessica Carvalho +2 more
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A Novel and More Efficient Oscillating Foil for Wave-Driven Unmanned Surface Vehicles [PDF]
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022 In the wave-driven unmanned surface vehicles (WUSVs), oscillating-foils are the most straightforward and widely used wave energy conversion mechanism, like the wave glider. However, WUSVs usually sail slowly compared with other types of USVs.
Yan Gao +5 more
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Numerical Investigation of a Wave Glider in Head Seas [PDF]
Ocean Engineering, 2018 A wave glider comprises a surface boat, which harvests energy from wave and solar power, a submerged glider containing six pairs of tandem hydrofoils and a tether connecting them in between. This paper presents a numerical simulation to predict the wave glider dynamic performance in head seas with the aid of computational fluid dynamic (CFD) method ...
Weichao Shi, Dazheng Wang
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Motion Characteristics Analysis of the Wave Glider Under Wave and Current Coupling
Journal of Marine Science and EngineeringThe wave glider is an unmanned marine observation platform propelled by wave energy. Accurate prediction of its motion performance is crucial for structural design and motion control. This paper presents a four-degree-of-freedom nonlinear coupled dynamic
Paixia Li, Liangtian Gu, Liucun Zhu
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