Towards a Digital Twin for Open-Frame Underwater Vehicles Using Evolutionary Algorithms
Hydrodynamic coefficients determine the behavior of all simulated underwater vehicles. Therefore, it is essential to precisely define their values when aiming to replicate a real vehicle. Generally established procedures for obtaining them tend to have limitations, especially in transient responses....
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| author | Félix Orjales Julián Rodríguez-Cortegoso Enrique Fernández-Pérez Alejandro Romero Vicente Diaz-Casas |
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| description | Hydrodynamic coefficients determine the behavior of all simulated underwater vehicles. Therefore, it is essential to precisely define their values when aiming to replicate a real vehicle. Generally established procedures for obtaining them tend to have limitations, especially in transient responses. To address these issues, this paper proposes a comprehensive methodology for obtaining the hydrodynamic coefficients of an underwater vehicle. The main novelty is the combination of empirical measurements as a first step and evolutionary algorithms as a final step for optimizing the coefficients. The proposed methodology is described and applied to a commercially available remotely operated vehicle (ROV) BlueROV2, followed by analyzing the results in detail and including several tests that compare it to the real vehicle to validate its adequacy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-34b7786d6f204a0a892d3a85cd134ec52025-08-20T02:35:46ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-06-011513708510.3390/app15137085Towards a Digital Twin for Open-Frame Underwater Vehicles Using Evolutionary AlgorithmsFélix Orjales0Julián Rodríguez-Cortegoso1Enrique Fernández-Pérez2Alejandro Romero3Vicente Diaz-Casas4Integrated Group for Engineering Research, CITENI, Campus Industrial de Ferrol, Universidade da Coruña, 15403 Ferrol, SpainIntegrated Group for Engineering Research, CITENI, Campus Industrial de Ferrol, Universidade da Coruña, 15403 Ferrol, SpainIntegrated Group for Engineering Research, CITENI, Campus Industrial de Ferrol, Universidade da Coruña, 15403 Ferrol, SpainIntegrated Group for Engineering Research, CITIC, Universidade da Coruña, 15008 A Coruña, SpainIntegrated Group for Engineering Research, CITENI, Campus Industrial de Ferrol, Universidade da Coruña, 15403 Ferrol, SpainHydrodynamic coefficients determine the behavior of all simulated underwater vehicles. Therefore, it is essential to precisely define their values when aiming to replicate a real vehicle. Generally established procedures for obtaining them tend to have limitations, especially in transient responses. To address these issues, this paper proposes a comprehensive methodology for obtaining the hydrodynamic coefficients of an underwater vehicle. The main novelty is the combination of empirical measurements as a first step and evolutionary algorithms as a final step for optimizing the coefficients. The proposed methodology is described and applied to a commercially available remotely operated vehicle (ROV) BlueROV2, followed by analyzing the results in detail and including several tests that compare it to the real vehicle to validate its adequacy.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/13/7085evolutionary algorithmhydrodynamicshydrodynamic coefficientoptimizationROVAUV |
| spellingShingle | Félix Orjales Julián Rodríguez-Cortegoso Enrique Fernández-Pérez Alejandro Romero Vicente Diaz-Casas Towards a Digital Twin for Open-Frame Underwater Vehicles Using Evolutionary Algorithms Applied Sciences evolutionary algorithm hydrodynamics hydrodynamic coefficient optimization ROV AUV |
| title | Towards a Digital Twin for Open-Frame Underwater Vehicles Using Evolutionary Algorithms |
| title_full | Towards a Digital Twin for Open-Frame Underwater Vehicles Using Evolutionary Algorithms |
| title_fullStr | Towards a Digital Twin for Open-Frame Underwater Vehicles Using Evolutionary Algorithms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards a Digital Twin for Open-Frame Underwater Vehicles Using Evolutionary Algorithms |
| title_short | Towards a Digital Twin for Open-Frame Underwater Vehicles Using Evolutionary Algorithms |
| title_sort | towards a digital twin for open frame underwater vehicles using evolutionary algorithms |
| topic | evolutionary algorithm hydrodynamics hydrodynamic coefficient optimization ROV AUV |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/13/7085 |
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