一种新型重于水的自治式潜水器及其先进性分析

提出了一种新型重于水的自治式潜水器(Autonomous Underwater Vehicle,AUV).该AUV可工作于负浮力条件下,利用一对较大的翼在航行过程中流体的升力来平衡其自身重量,节约了浮力部件占用的空间,使其成本与速度较传统AUV均有很大提高.阐述了该新型AUV的基本组成与工作原理,初步分析了其先进性.通过风洞试验数据与传统AUV性能参数对比,结果显示,这种重于水的AUV在能源利用与高速作业方面优势较为明显.最后,对重于水的AUV的应用前景做出了一些预测,希望待一些关键问题得到解决后,这种新型的AUV能够应用得更加广泛.

Introduction of a Novel Heavier-Than-Water Autonomous Underwater Vehicle and the Analysis on the Advantages

A novel heavier-than-water AUV（HTW AUV） was introduced. This kind of autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) has negative buoyancy and bears the residual gravity with its wings, for this reason the space occupied by bulky buoyancy device in the negative buoyancy vehicle could be saved to enhance the velocity and reduce the cost of it. The new design concept and the primary components were outlined and introduced. Based on it, the advantages of the HTW AUV were analyzed through comparing the data from the wind tunnel test with that of the traditional AUV. The comparative results show that this novel AUV has a lot of merits. At last, the possible applications of the HTW AUV were given. The novel type AUV would be used more widely after some key problems had been solved.