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Challenges in Developing Deep-Water Human Occupied Vehicles


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1 National Institute of Ocean Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Chennai 600 100, India
 

Human occupied vehicles (HOV) offer enhanced manoeuvering over the remotely operated vehicles and autonomous underwater vehicles. The presence of human increases the dexterity of the HOV operations, but at the same time, the man-rated vehicle design and operation requires significant attention to vehicle reliability, and in turn human safety. This article details the challenges involved in the design and development of deep water HOV, with specific reference to the 6000 m depth-rated HOV designed by the MoES– National Institute of Ocean Technology for enhancing India’s engineering capability in the deep ocean scientific research.

Keywords

Ballast, Batteries, Deep Ocean, Human Occupied Vehicle, Navigation.
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Authors

G. A. Ramadass
National Institute of Ocean Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Chennai 600 100, India
N. Vedachalam
National Institute of Ocean Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Chennai 600 100, India
S. Ramesh
National Institute of Ocean Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Chennai 600 100, India
D. Sathianarayanan
National Institute of Ocean Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Chennai 600 100, India
A. N. Subramanian
National Institute of Ocean Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Chennai 600 100, India
R. Ramesh
National Institute of Ocean Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Chennai 600 100, India
T. Chowdhury
National Institute of Ocean Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Chennai 600 100, India
S. B. Pranesh
National Institute of Ocean Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Chennai 600 100, India
M. A. Atmanand
National Institute of Ocean Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Chennai 600 100, India

Abstract


Human occupied vehicles (HOV) offer enhanced manoeuvering over the remotely operated vehicles and autonomous underwater vehicles. The presence of human increases the dexterity of the HOV operations, but at the same time, the man-rated vehicle design and operation requires significant attention to vehicle reliability, and in turn human safety. This article details the challenges involved in the design and development of deep water HOV, with specific reference to the 6000 m depth-rated HOV designed by the MoES– National Institute of Ocean Technology for enhancing India’s engineering capability in the deep ocean scientific research.

Keywords


Ballast, Batteries, Deep Ocean, Human Occupied Vehicle, Navigation.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv118%2Fi11%2F1687-1693