Development of a new test facility for the evaluation of thrusters mounted on a small scale underwater vehicle

소형 잠수정에 장착된 추진기의 특성 평가를 위한 새로운 시험 설비 개발

This paper reports a new test facility to investigate the characteristics of the thrusters mounted on the small scale underwater vehicle using Force/Torque sensor. With the test facility proposed here, No disassembly needs be made to the target vehicle, which makes us possible to get the realistic forces of the vehicle rather than the fortes of the thrusters themselves. Experimental data analyses, heave, sway, and surge, for the QI ROV are given as an example of this method.