TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS OF AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES

By MATTHEW WILLIAMS

CONTENTS DISTRIBUTED HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP SIMULATION FOR UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT—ISSUES AND APPLICATIONS POWER SOURCES FOR UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLES AUTONOMOUS BUOYANCY-DRIVEN UNDERWATER GLIDERS SOLAR POWERED AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES ADVANCED MATERIALS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF AUVS DOCKING SYSTEMS PROPULSION SYSTEMS FOR AUVS AUV TASKS IN THE OFFSHORE INDUSTRY MULTIDISCIPLINARY OCEAN SCIENCE APPLICATIONS OF AN AUV: THE AUTOSUB SCIENCE MISSIONS PROGRAMME 10 DEFENCE APPLICATIONS FOR UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLES 11 DETAILED SEABED SURVEYS WITH AUVS 12 AUVS FOR SURVEYS IN COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS 13 CARGO CARRYING AUVS 14 SEMI-SUBMERSIBLE AUVS 15 AUV SENSORS FOR MARINE RESEARCH 16 LOGISTICS, RISKS AND PROCEDURES CONCERNING AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES THE LEGAL REGIME GOVERNING THE OPERATION OF AUVS REFERENCES