A conceptual design of vectored water-jet propulsion system

This paper presents a novel vectored water-jet propulsion system which is supposed to be used on a spherical underwater vehicle. This system uses water-jet as its propulsion method and by using servo motors, the direction of output force can be regulated for different propulsion tasks. This paper ma...

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Published in2009 International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation pp. 1190 - 1195
Main Authors Shuxiang Guo, Xichuan Lin, Hata, Seji
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published IEEE 01.08.2009
Subjects
Automotive engineering
Design engineering
Flow rate control
Mathematical model
MATLAB
Propellers
Propulsion
Servo motors
Servomechanisms
Servomotors
Underwater vehicles
Vector composition
Vectored control
Water-jet
Wheels
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ISBN1424426928
9781424426928
ISSN2152-7431
DOI10.1109/ICMA.2009.5246462

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Summary:This paper presents a novel vectored water-jet propulsion system which is supposed to be used on a spherical underwater vehicle. This system uses water-jet as its propulsion method and by using servo motors, the direction of output force can be regulated for different propulsion tasks. This paper mainly focuses on the conceptual design of the system. To testify the availability of this design, a physical-based vectored water-jet propulsion system is developed using MATLAB/Simscape. Firstly, the servo motors module and flow rate control module are discussed respectively including modeling and simulation, and then a combined simulation of them is performed.
ISBN:1424426928
9781424426928
ISSN:2152-7431
DOI:10.1109/ICMA.2009.5246462