Experimental Force Data of a Restrained ROV under Waves and Current

Roman Gabl, Thomas Davey, Yu Cao, Qian Li, Boyang Li, Kyle Walker, Francesco Giorgio-Serchi, Simona Aracri, Aristides Kiprakis, Adam Stokes, David Ingram

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Abstract / Description of output

Hydrodynamic forces are an important input value for the design, navigation and station keeping of underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs). The experiment investigated the forces imparted by currents (with representative real world turbulence) and waves on a commercially available ROV, namely the BlueROV2 (Blue Robotics, Torrance, USA). Three different distances of a simplified cylindrical obstacle (shading effects) were investigated in addition to the free stream cases. Eight tethers held the ROV in the middle of the 2 m water depth to minimise the influence of the support structure without completely restricting the degrees of freedom (DoF). Each tether was equipped with a load cell and small motions and rotations were documented with an underwater video motion capture system. The paper describes the experimental set-up, input values (current speed and wave definitions) and initial processing of the data. In addition to the raw data, a processed data-set is provided, which includes forces in all three main coordinate directions for each mounting point synchronised with the 6 DoF results and the free surface elevations. The provided data set can be used as a validation experiment as well as for testing and development of an algorithm for position control of comparable ROVs.
Original languageEnglish
Article number57
Number of pages16
JournalData
Volume5
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Jun 2020

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • ROV
  • experimental investigation
  • hydrodynamic forces
  • motion capturing
  • wave tank
  • wave gauges
  • fluid-structure interaction

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