• 한국해양공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양공학회 2004년도 학술대회지
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• pp.249-256
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• 2004

KRISO/KORDI is currently developing a deep-sea unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) system which is composed of a launcher, an ROV, and an AUV. Two USBL acoustic positioning systems will be used for UUV's navigation. One is for the deep sea positioning of all three vehicles and the other is for AUV's guidance to the docking device on the launcher. In order to increase the position accuracy MFSK(Multiple Frequency Shift Keying) broadband signal will be used. As the first step to the implementation of a USBL system, this paper studies USBL positioning algorithm using MFSK signals. Firstly, the characteristics of MFSK signal is described with various MFSK parameters: number of frequencies, frequency step, center frequency, and pulse length. Time and phase delays between two received signals are estimated by using cross-correlation and cross-spectrum methods. Finally an USBL positioning algorithm is derived by converting the delays to difference of distances and applying trigonometry. The simulation results show that the position accuracy is improved highly when both cross-correlation and cross-spectrum of MFSK signals are used simultaneously.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제17권9호
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• pp.2227-2232
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• 2013

유도제어 시스템 체계개발의 초기단계에는 운용 효과도 도출 및 요구사항 적합성 검토를 통한 체계 개략사양도출을 위해 효과도 분석을 수행한다. 본 논문의 목표는 M&S (Modeling & Simulation)를 활용한 운용 효과도 분석을 통해 고속 무인 수중운동체의 목표점 도달 임무를 위한 체계 요구사항 도출이다. 운용 효과도는 대상 수중운동체의 목표점 도달 정확도로 정의한다. 도달 정확도에 가장 큰 영향을 미칠 것으로 예상되는 변수는 항법센서 성능이다. 본 논문에서는 관성항법센서(Inertial Navigation Sensor, INS)와 도플러 속도 측정 장치(Doppler Velocity Log, DVL)를 이용한 복합항법을 고려하였다. 몬테카를로 수치 시뮬레이션을 통해 항법센서 성능에 대한 효과도 분석을 수행한다. 몬테카를로 수치 시뮬레이션 결과는 CEP(Circular Error Probability)와 분산을 이용한 확률분석을 통해 분석한다. 상용 항법센서 가격을 고려하여 최적의 가격대 성능비를 갖는 항법센서 성능을 제시한다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2005년도 ICCAS
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• pp.1060-1065
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• 2005

An Independent Administrative Corporation Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) is developing light-and-small Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV)$^{1)}$, named 'MR-X1' (Marine Robot Experimental 1), which can cruise, investigate and observe by itself without human's help. In this paper, we consider the motion control problem of 'MR-X1' and derive a controller. Since the dynamic property of 'MR-X1' is changed by the influence of the speed, the mathematical model of 'MR-X1' becomes the nonlinear model. In order to design a controller for 'MR-X1', we generally apply nonlinear control theories or linear control theories with some constant speed situation. If we design a controller by applying Linear Quadratic (LQ) optimal control theory, the obtained controller only compensates t e optimality at the designed speed situation, and does not compensate the stability at another speed situations. This paper proposes a controller design method using Linear Matrix Inequalities (LMIs)$^{2),3),4)}$, which can adapt the speed variation of 'MR-X1'. And examples of numerical analysis using our designed controller are shown.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.168-173
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• 2009

본 논문은 수중 차의 차속도와 프로펠러 각속도를 추정하는 문제를 다룬다. 계단식 관측기는 측정된 위치 값으로부터 속도값 추정을 위해 사용한다. 고이득 관측기(high-gain observer)에 전형적으로 생기는 전형적인 문제를 없애기 위하여 계단식 구조의 관측기가 설계되었다. 고이득 관측기처럼 시스템 다이나믹스와 파라미터로부터 무관하게 설계할 수 있으며 단순한 구조를 가진다 관측기의 첫 단계에서 출력 값이 추정되고 측정된 출력의 1계 미분 값이 관측기의 두 번째 단계를 통해 추정된다. 또한 출력의 n 번째 미분 값은 관측기의 n+1 번째 단계에서 추정된다. 제안된 관측기가 전체 점근적 안정도를 보장함을 보여준다. 시뮬레이션 결과는 기존의 고이득 관측기에 비해 제안된 관측기가 수중 차의 차속도와 프로펠러 각속도를 더 우수하게 추정함을 보여준다.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.170-178
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• 2017

본 논문은 무인잠수정의 동특성을 고려하지 않아 실제로 항행이 불가능한 급격히 변화하는 경로를 계획하기도 하는 기존 $A^*$ 알고리즘 기반 경로계획의 단점을 개선하기 위하여, 무인잠수정의 동특성을 고려한 항행궤적에 기반한 개선된 경로계획 알고리즘을 제안한다. 기존의 $A^*$ 기반 알고리즘은 무인잠수정이 인접노드로 이동하는 경로를 직선으로 가정하여 이동비용을 계산하는 반면, 개선된 경로계획 알고리즘은 경로점 제어에 의하여 생성된 현실적 항행궤적을 노드 간의 이동경로로 설정하고 이동비용을 계산하여 최적의 경로를 계획한다. 모의실험에서 제안한 기법과 기존의 기법의 경로계획을 비교하여 본 논문의 논의가 타당함을 보인다.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.528-535
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• 2017

Fuel cells have been spotlighted in the world for being highly efficient and environmentally friendly. A hydrogen which is the fuel of fuel cell can be obtained from a number of sources. Hydrogen source for operating the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell(PEMFC) in the current underwater environment, such as a submarine and unmanned underwater vehicles are currently from the metal hydride cylinder. However, metal hydride has many limitations for using hydrogen carrier, such as large volume, long charging time, limited storage capacity. To solve these problems, we suggest diesel reformer for hydrogen supply source. Diesel fuel has many advantages, such as high hydrogen storage density, easy to transport and also well-infra structure. However, conventional diesel reforming system for PEMFC requires a large volume and complex CO removal system for lowering the CO level to less than 10 ppm. In addition, because the preferential oxidation(PROX) reaction is the strong exothermic reaction, cooling load is required. By changing this PROX reactor to hydrogen separation membrane, the problem from PROX reactor can be solved. This is because hydrogen separation membranes are small and permeable to pure hydrogen. In this study, we conducted the pressurized diesel reforming and water-gas shift reaction experiment for the hydrogen separation membrane application. Then, the hydrogen permeation experiments were performed using a Pd alloy membrane for the reformate gas.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.243-252
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• 2016

Conventionally, the static angle of attack and static elevator tests are carried out separately to estimate hydrodynamic stability derivatives of underwater vehicles. However, it is difficult to verify the interaction between the angle of attack and elevator angle in such cases. In this study, we perform a static elevator with angle of attack test where both the angle of attack and elevator angle are varied simultaneously. The experimental results show that the angle of attack has an influence on the elevator control force and that this tendency is dependent on the sense in which the angle of attack and elevator angle are varied. We predict level flight performance using hydrodynamic derivatives estimated through this experiment. The predictions considering the effect of angle of attack show good agreement with trials conducted in the open sea.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.148-153
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• 2014

Submerged bodies such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) or remotely operated vehicles (ROV) are widely used in various fields of exploring underseas. Those bodies keep ballasting and deballasting for stable navigation and operation. Identifying the internal volumetric spaces of the bodies is a primary step for such an operation. Unfortunately, most CAD models given to the engineer do not properly represent the compartments since each face of a compartment exists as an independent entity rather than as a face that belongs to the compartment. In this paper, an algorithm that automatically identify the faces as a group that forms a closed volumetric space, i.e., a compartment is presented. A submerged body is sliced into a number of cross sections. Each sliced section is analyzed to yield closed loops that are sections of the compartment. Then, the associated closed loops are gathered along the longitudinal direction to form a compartment. The algorithm presented is shown to provide a practical and reasonable solution that can readily be used in various applications.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제24권11호
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• pp.876-882
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• 2014

This study investigates an efficient method to estimate the total acoustic radiation power of submerged circular cylindrical structures. Since the acoustic radiation power of submerged vehicles can be changed during the operation, the estimation for its monitoring onboard is required to accomplish the missions. The total acoustic radiation power is estimated using the measured velocity and the calculated radiation efficiency of the surface which consists of submerged rectangular plate elements. Experiments are carried out to validate the estimation approach. Comparisons of the estimation results with the measurements show that they are in a good agreement for the mid-high frequency range and match well for the cases of different excitation locations which correspond to the different operation modes of underwater vehicles as well. Therefore, this estimation method can be applied effectively to the development of the radiated noise monitoring-system.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.345-360
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• 2021

This paper presents an analytical approach to calculate the buckling load of the cylindrical ring structures subjected to both hydrostatic and hydrodynamic pressures. Based on the conservative law of energy and Timoshenko beam theory, a theoretical formula, which can be used to evaluate the critical pressure of buckling, is first derived for the simplified cylindrical ring structures. It is assumed that the hydrodynamic pressure can be treated as an equivalent hydrostatic pressure as a cosine function along the perimeter while the thickness ratio is limited to 0.2. Note that this paper limits the deformed shape of the cylindrical ring structures to an elliptical shape. The proposed analytical solutions are then compared with the numerical simulations. The critical pressure is evaluated in this study considering two possible failure modes: ultimate failure and buckling failure. The results show that the proposed analytical solutions can correctly predict the critical pressure for both failure modes. However, it is not recommended to be used when the hydrostatic pressure is low or medium (less than 80% of the critical pressure) as the analytical solutions underestimate the critical pressure especially when the ultimate failure mode occurs. This implies that the proposed solutions can still be used properly when the subsea vehicles are located in the deep parts of the ocean where the hydrostatic pressure is high. The finding will further help improve the geometric design of subsea vehicles against both hydrostatic and hydrodynamic pressures to enhance its strength and stability when it moves underwater. It will also help to control the speed of the subsea vehicles especially they move close to the sea bottom to prevent a catastrophic failure.