Energy efficient navigational methods for autonomous underwater gliders in surface denied regions
Autonomous underwater gliders routinely perform long duration profiling missions while characterizing the chemical, physical and biological properties of the water column. These measurements have opened up new ways of observing the ocean’s processes and their interactions with the atmosphere across...
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ftmemorialuniv:oai:research.library.mun.ca:8419 2023-10-01T03:57:39+02:00 Energy efficient navigational methods for autonomous underwater gliders in surface denied regions Claus, Brian 2015-04 application/pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/8419/ https://research.library.mun.ca/8419/1/thesis.pdf en eng Memorial University of Newfoundland https://research.library.mun.ca/8419/1/thesis.pdf Claus, Brian <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Claus=3ABrian=3A=3A.html> (2015) Energy efficient navigational methods for autonomous underwater gliders in surface denied regions. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland. thesis_license Thesis NonPeerReviewed 2015 ftmemorialuniv 2023-09-03T06:46:54Z Autonomous underwater gliders routinely perform long duration profiling missions while characterizing the chemical, physical and biological properties of the water column. These measurements have opened up new ways of observing the ocean’s processes and their interactions with the atmosphere across time and length scales which were not previously possible. Extending these observations to ice-covered regions is of importance due to their role in ocean circulation patterns, increased economic interest in these areas and a general sparsity of observations. This thesis develops an energy optimal depth controller, a terrain aided navigation method and a magnetic measurement method for an autonomous underwater glider. A review of existing methods suitable for navigation in underwater environments as well as the state of the art in magnetic measurement and calibration techniques is also presented. The energy optimal depth controller is developed and implemented based on an integral state feedback controller. A second order linear time invariant system is identified from field data and used to compute the state feedback controller gains through an augmented linear quadratic regulator. The resulting gains and state feedback controller methodology are verified through field trials and found to control the depth of the vehicle while losing less than one percent of the vehicle’s propulsive load to control inputs or lift induced drag. The terrain aided navigation method is developed based on a jittered bootstrap algorithm which is a type of particle filter that makes use of the vehicle’s deadreckoned navigation solution, onboard altimeter and a local digital parameter model (DPM). An evaluation is performed through post-processing offline location estimates from field trials which took place in Holyrood Arm, Newfoundland, overlapping a previously collected DPM. During the post-processing of these trials, the number of particles, jittering variance and DPM grid cell size were varied. Online open loop field trials were ... Thesis Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Research Repository |
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Autonomous underwater gliders routinely perform long duration profiling missions while characterizing the chemical, physical and biological properties of the water column. These measurements have opened up new ways of observing the ocean’s processes and their interactions with the atmosphere across time and length scales which were not previously possible. Extending these observations to ice-covered regions is of importance due to their role in ocean circulation patterns, increased economic interest in these areas and a general sparsity of observations. This thesis develops an energy optimal depth controller, a terrain aided navigation method and a magnetic measurement method for an autonomous underwater glider. A review of existing methods suitable for navigation in underwater environments as well as the state of the art in magnetic measurement and calibration techniques is also presented. The energy optimal depth controller is developed and implemented based on an integral state feedback controller. A second order linear time invariant system is identified from field data and used to compute the state feedback controller gains through an augmented linear quadratic regulator. The resulting gains and state feedback controller methodology are verified through field trials and found to control the depth of the vehicle while losing less than one percent of the vehicle’s propulsive load to control inputs or lift induced drag. The terrain aided navigation method is developed based on a jittered bootstrap algorithm which is a type of particle filter that makes use of the vehicle’s deadreckoned navigation solution, onboard altimeter and a local digital parameter model (DPM). An evaluation is performed through post-processing offline location estimates from field trials which took place in Holyrood Arm, Newfoundland, overlapping a previously collected DPM. During the post-processing of these trials, the number of particles, jittering variance and DPM grid cell size were varied. Online open loop field trials were ... |
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https://research.library.mun.ca/8419/1/thesis.pdf Claus, Brian <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Claus=3ABrian=3A=3A.html> (2015) Energy efficient navigational methods for autonomous underwater gliders in surface denied regions. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland. |
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