Autonomous Computer Controlled Ice Drill

An unmanned autonomous system, designed ultimately for air deployment, has been developed for drilling holes in the Arctic ice. The system is intended to facilitate the collection of oceanographic data in inaccessible regions of the Arctic as part of the Air Depolyed Oceanographic Mooring (ADOM) pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Beverly,C N, Westneat,A S
Other Authors: NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIV DURHAM MARINE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING LAB
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1982
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*Drills
Oceanographic equipment
Ice
Water jets
Hot water
Penetration
Control systems
Performance(Engineering)
ADOM(Air Deployed Oceanographic Mooring)
Ice drills
WUNR294063
Arctic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA137313
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA137313
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Summary:An unmanned autonomous system, designed ultimately for air deployment, has been developed for drilling holes in the Arctic ice. The system is intended to facilitate the collection of oceanographic data in inaccessible regions of the Arctic as part of the Air Depolyed Oceanographic Mooring (ADOM) program. This paper describes the design of the drill, the microcomputer control system, and the results of initial field testing.

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