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Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROVs) for underwater research have been under study
and developed over the past few years. It is an important exploration tool especially
for underwater research. As these researches have improved from time to time, it also
increases the depth of underwater research exploration. Due to environment hazardous
to human ability in which at high depth that pressurized divers and bring difficulty for
the underwater tasks, ROVs are somehow important and needed to be improved to
meets the required performance. Therefore, the objective of this project is to design
and develop a micro-class remotely operated vehicle for shallow water operation
mainly used for academic purposes. This paper discussed about the different designs
of micro class ROY and its CFO analysis for shallow water operation. Five candidate
designs of ROY with different specification and shapes are proposed for the design
stage. All the designs of ROVs are needed to be analysed the performance in terms of
its coefficient of drag and stability. Data are collected based on the drag coefficient
and stability values calculated from formulas. The best design is selected after some
data comparison generated from these two analyses. The selection criteria of the
design are based on the lowest value on coefficient of drag and higher value of
stability data. Some recommendation and suggestion were also made so that it can be
applied in order to redesign a better and much more futuristic design of ROY for the
underwater vehicle development. |
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