Derivation of the Controllable Region for Attitude Control of Towfish and Verification Through Water Tank Test
We investigated the attitude control of a towfish to enhance the image quality of its sound navigation ranging system. The target towfish is equipped with two elevators on the horizontal tail wing, and attitude control is performed using these actuators. In particular, when a high-resolution sonar s...
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| description | We investigated the attitude control of a towfish to enhance the image quality of its sound navigation ranging system. The target towfish is equipped with two elevators on the horizontal tail wing, and attitude control is performed using these actuators. In particular, when a high-resolution sonar system is mounted on the towfish, any irregular movement can cause defocusing; thus, attitude control of the towfish is essential. Because the towfish has no thrust of its own and moves by being connected to a mother vessel via a cable, its attitude must be controlled by comprehensively analyzing its towing force and equation of motion. Herein, we propose a method for calculating the region where the attitude of the towfish can be controlled based on changes in the center of gravity, towing speed, and towing point. We conducted a water tank test to verify this method and confirmed that the attitude of the towfish could be controlled in controllable areas but not in uncontrollable regions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-232286a3a6284dde834fe73a794085a52025-08-20T02:33:50ZengMDPI AGJournal of Marine Science and Engineering2077-13122025-04-0113583410.3390/jmse13050834Derivation of the Controllable Region for Attitude Control of Towfish and Verification Through Water Tank TestJihyeong Lee0Min-Kyu Kim1Maritime ICT & Mobility Research Department, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, Busan 49111, Republic of KoreaMaritime Robotics Test & Evaluation Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, Pohang 37553, Republic of KoreaWe investigated the attitude control of a towfish to enhance the image quality of its sound navigation ranging system. The target towfish is equipped with two elevators on the horizontal tail wing, and attitude control is performed using these actuators. In particular, when a high-resolution sonar system is mounted on the towfish, any irregular movement can cause defocusing; thus, attitude control of the towfish is essential. Because the towfish has no thrust of its own and moves by being connected to a mother vessel via a cable, its attitude must be controlled by comprehensively analyzing its towing force and equation of motion. Herein, we propose a method for calculating the region where the attitude of the towfish can be controlled based on changes in the center of gravity, towing speed, and towing point. We conducted a water tank test to verify this method and confirmed that the attitude of the towfish could be controlled in controllable areas but not in uncontrollable regions.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13/5/834towfishelevatorcontrollable regionattitude controltowing point |
| spellingShingle | Jihyeong Lee Min-Kyu Kim Derivation of the Controllable Region for Attitude Control of Towfish and Verification Through Water Tank Test Journal of Marine Science and Engineering towfish elevator controllable region attitude control towing point |
| title | Derivation of the Controllable Region for Attitude Control of Towfish and Verification Through Water Tank Test |
| title_full | Derivation of the Controllable Region for Attitude Control of Towfish and Verification Through Water Tank Test |
| title_fullStr | Derivation of the Controllable Region for Attitude Control of Towfish and Verification Through Water Tank Test |
| title_full_unstemmed | Derivation of the Controllable Region for Attitude Control of Towfish and Verification Through Water Tank Test |
| title_short | Derivation of the Controllable Region for Attitude Control of Towfish and Verification Through Water Tank Test |
| title_sort | derivation of the controllable region for attitude control of towfish and verification through water tank test |
| topic | towfish elevator controllable region attitude control towing point |
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