A Launch and Recovery System for Integrating Unmanned Ocean Vehicles onto Surface Platforms
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Authors
Strouse, Casey L.
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Unmanned Vehicles, Launch and Recovery
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Triantafyllou, Michael S.
Date of Issue
2019-04
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Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School
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en_US
Abstract
This paper will analyze current manned launch and recovery systems across all naval surface platforms and present recommendations for improving these systems to be more adaptive to launching both manned and unmanned ocean vehicles. Specifically, this research will focus on minimizing the heave motions exhibited by the vehicle during launch and recovery. To achieve minimized heave motions and improve operational performance, an analysis was conducted to determine the feasibility, performance, and safety benefits of integrating an active heave compensating winch into the system.
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Thesis
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CIVINS (Civilian Institutions) Thesis document
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64 p.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.