1691results about "Hydrodynamic/hydrostatic features" patented technology

A craft includes a hull, a wing, a hydrofoil, and a control system. The wing is configured to generate upwards aero lift as air flows past the wing to facilitate wing-borne flight of the craft. The hydrofoil is configured to generate upwards hydrofoil lift during a first mode of operation as water flows past the hydrofoil to facilitate hydrofoil-borne movement of the craft through the water. While the craft is hydrofoil-borne, the control system is configured to determine the upwards aero lift generated by the wing. The control system is further configured to control the hydrofoil to generate downwards hydrofoil lift to counteract the upwards aero lift generated by the wing that maintains the hydrofoil at least partially submerged in the water while the determined upwards aero lift is below a threshold lift.

An unmanned ocean vehicle apparatus having a hull, solar array, hydrofoil, and electric thruster is operable on a surface of a body of water to travel from one point to another with long range capabilities. The unmanned ocean vehicle can further be placed in a more compact configuration, incorporating a mechanism to alternate between operational mode and collapsed storage mode to facilitate physical storage or shipment of the vehicle. Methods are described for optimizing travel and determining favorable movements of the unmanned ocean vehicle by calculating current and predicted conditions at certain waypoints using a combination of a sensor, a computer, and a control system. The physical support of hydrofoils, a drag reducing system, capsize-prevention technique, and a three-dimensional arrangement of solar panels provides efficient power management, optimal route strategy, and sustainability of the vehicle's high speeds in wildly varying ocean conditions.

A gate system for a pontoon boat is provided. The gate system may comprise a gate, a guide, and a guide interface member.

A system for removing contaminants from a body of water includes a vessel including floating contaminant cleanup and recovery equipment, that includes an intake port capable of removing contaminants from a body of water and transporting same to the vessel. The system may include a conveyor capable of removing contaminants from the body of water and transferring same to the vessel. The system also including lengths of a type of towable contaminant containment booms, connected to each side of the vessel. The system may include equipment having extendable, angularly positionable armatures, or telescopic cranes or tow boats, capable of positioning and maintaining the lengths of contaminant containment booms that are also connected to end portions of same, and extended outward in front of and off to each side of the vessel to gather and channel floating contaminants back to the intake port of the floating contaminant cleanup and recovery equipment.

The invention discloses an underwater multi-mode mobile robot equipped with a flexible bionic gripper, which integrates three operation modes of propeller propulsion, six-foot crawling and target object grabbing, and realizes'movement-attachment-operation 'integrated collaboration. The robot main body adopts a five-thruster vector layout and has a five-degree-of-freedom motion capability; and six groups of three-degree-of-freedom mechanical feet and two groups of three-degree-of-freedom mechanical arms are arranged outside, and a cruising mode, a crawling mode or a grabbing mode can be automatically switched according to tasks. A coordination dual-network hydrogel bionic sucker and a flexible gripper are integrated at the foot end and the arm end, and controllable adsorption and desorption are achieved through a diaphragm pump. The control system generates a rhythm signal based on the central mode generator, and coordinates multi-module actions of paddles, legs and arms in combination with inverse kinematics solution. The robot is suitable for tasks such as wide water area cruising, complex terrain exploration, environment maintenance and seabed sampling, has high maneuverability and high integration degree, and provides an innovative platform for underwater fine operation.

A unitary hermetically sealed device is disclosed for providing self-contained electric propulsion drive power to a motor boat or sailboat, where the entire propulsion system is contained in a separable pressurized hermetic enclosure attached to the underside of the vessel and also acts as a keel of the vessel, and which simplifies production, provides improved safety from high voltages, and prevents drive system maintenance or repair when the vessel is located in the water. The rigid hermetically sealed device functions as a skid-plate to avoid damage to the softer typically fiberglass hull when running the vessel aground or when running up onto or off of the beach or onto or off a trailer.

A buoyant hydrodynamic pump is disclosed that can float on a surface of a body of water. Wave-driven oscillations result in periodic upward ejections of water inside a downwardly projecting tube that can be collected in a reservoir. Water within such a reservoir may return to the body of water via a turbine, thereby generating electrical power, or the device's pumping action can be used for other purposes such as water circulation, propulsion, dissolved minerals extraction, or cloud seeding.

Disclosed is a method of reducing drag on the hull of the vessel by creating a Coanda flow on the hull by jetting a fluid onto the hull or surface continuous with hull. The fluid is jetted onto the hull or surface continuous with the hull at a location above or below the waterline of the vessel. The fluid is jetted from within a habitat positioned at least partially below the waterline, the habitat being vented to atmosphere. The habitat has an open end below the waterline. The Coanda flow extends entrains air below the waterline and adjacent to the hull. An air cavity or sheet is created by the jetted fluid. A system for reducing drag is also disclosed.

The invention relates to the technical field of power energy and ship resistance reduction, and discloses an internal combustion engine compressed air and electric supercharger ship bubble resistance reduction air supply control system which comprises an internal combustion engine set, an electric supercharger, an electric supercharger, an electric supercharger, an electric supercharger, an electric supercharger, an electric supercharger, an electric supercharger, an electric supercharger, an electric supercharger, an electric supercharger and an electric supercharger, and the internal combustion engine set serves as a power source of the whole system and generates excessive compressed air by delaying the closing moment of an intake valve during conventional operation; the gas-liquid separator is arranged on one side of the internal combustion engine set and used for separating liquid impurities of the compressed air and discharging the liquid impurities regularly; the filter is arranged on the side, away from the internal combustion engine set, of the gas-liquid separator and used for further filtering the compressed air; the first gas storage tank is arranged on the side, away from the gas-liquid separator, of the filter. Compressed air of the internal combustion engine and exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine are used for replacing traditional independent air compression equipment, the effect of reducing the requirement for additional compression equipment is achieved, the problem that a traditional ship bubble drag reduction air supply system is high in energy consumption is solved, the energy utilization efficiency of ship operation is improved, and the overall energy consumption cost is reduced.

A gate system for a pontoon boat is provided. The gate system may comprise a gate, a guide, and a guide interface member.

A hydrofoil board having a hydrofoil configured to be automatically controlled to stabilize the board in a level position even when incurring waves. The hydrofoil includes a pair of individually controllable flaps that control the pitch and direction of the hydrofoil board when propelled in motion. A processor uses an inertial measurement unit (IMU) to obtain orientation and acceleration information of the hydrofoil board. A global positioning system (GPS) unit is also used as an additional speed and location sensor. The processor combines IMU data with a user / rider's input, such as selected speed and direction via handheld wireless controller, and individually controls the flap motors to position the flaps, and the propulsion motor to set speed. In one example, the controller is configured to bring the hydrofoil board to a complete and stabile stop.

Unlocking insights from Geo-Data, the present invention relates to improvements in sustainability and environmental developments: together we create a safe and livable world. Described are systems and techniques for high-speed multibeam echosounder (MBES) surveying using a gondola attached to a semi-displacement or planing hull vessel. A housing encloses a multi-head MBES transducer array, with a nose fairing extending from a maximum width of the housing and a tail fairing extending from a minimum width of the housing. A hydrofoil strut segment has first and second hydrofoil surfaces orthogonal to the housing, and includes at a first distal end a coupling for flush attachment to an upper surface of the housing and at a second distal end a coupler portion for attachment to the semi-displacement or planing hull vessel. The first and second hydrofoil surfaces can generate opposing hydrodynamic forces during high-speed MBES surveying by the semi-displacement or planing hull vessel.

A hydrofoil vehicle comprises a frame and at least one foil. The vehicle comprises a moveable control surface configured to control a pitch of the vehicle, in use. A locking mechanism is provided for restricting movement of the control surface when the vehicle is not foiling, for example during launching. In examples, the locking mechanism activates automatically when the hydrofoil vehicle is not foiling. In examples, the vehicle is human powered.

A system and method for enhancing marine vessel efficiency through integrated hull optimizations is disclosed. The system includes automated bow thruster covers that reduce hull drag and condition water flow, coupled with strategically positioned air lubrication nozzles that create and maintain an air layer under the vessel. The bow thruster covers may be configured as circular doors or parallel panels, optionally incorporating air discharge ports or working in conjunction with dedicated air jets. An intelligent control system optimizes the integrated components using real-time sensor data and computational fluid dynamic analysis. The system modulates air distribution and cover positions based on sea conditions and vessel speed, maintaining optimal efficiency during operation. External surfaces may incorporate superaerophilic structures to enhance air retention and reduce drag. The comprehensive integration of these components provides improved hydrodynamic efficiency while maintaining full bow thruster functionality when required.

A pontoon boat is provided that includes a deck and a plurality of pontoons running longitudinally beneath the deck and providing buoyancy to the pontoon boat. The plurality of pontoons include a multi-chine configuration that increases the stability of the pontoon boat and provides handling characteristics similar to that of a hulled boat. The plurality of pontoons may include two outer pontoons and a third pontoon positioned laterally intermediate the outer pontoons. The third pontoon may include a plurality of chines, and each of the outer pontoons may include at least one chine. At least a portion of each of the at least one chines of the outer pontoons may be positioned vertically below the plurality of chines of the third pontoon. The chines on the third pontoon may extend longitudinally further than each of the at least one chines of the outer pontoons.

A floating body for an offshore wind turbine includes: one first column; two second columns; two lower hulls connecting the first column to each of the second columns; and a beam member connecting the two lower hulls. The beam member is disposed within a height range between an upper surface and a lower surface of each lower hull.

The invention discloses an unmanned ship capable of overturning and submerging and a control method of the unmanned ship. The unmanned ship comprises a middle ship body, a first side ship body, a second side ship body, a first wing plate and a second wing plate. The first side hull and the second side hull are arranged on the two sides of the middle hull, the middle hull is connected with the first side hull through the first wing plate, and the middle hull is connected with the second side hull through the second wing plate; the first wing plate and the second wing plate are each provided with a horizontal rudder, and the first side ship body and the second side ship body are each provided with a plurality of propellers. A plurality of water ballast spaces are arranged in the first side ship body and the second side ship body and used for adjusting water inflow and drainage in the ship bodies, and adjustment of diving, floating and longitudinal and transverse inclination of the unmanned ship is achieved. According to the invention, a symmetrical turnover and submergible design is adopted, multi-degree-of-freedom control is realized in heavy stormy waves, and the device can adapt to diversified operation modes such as water surface navigation and full-submergence navigation, and meets the requirements of overwater and underwater operation under high sea conditions.

A floating platform system can be provided to facilitate mounting of and for supporting a structure on a floating platform. For example, the floating platform system can include the floating platform. The floating platform system can also include a ballast receiving volume inside the floating platform for receiving a ballasting liquid. The floating platform system can further include a mounting surface on the floating platform for mounting a structure. Additionally, the floating platform can include a downwardly-oriented stabbing guide.

An assembly adapted for mounting a water engagement device to a marine vessel may include a transom plate, an actuator plate and a clamping assembly. The transom plate may be adapted to be connected to the marine vessel. The actuator plate may include a flange that is disposed under a bottom side of the transom plate. The clamping assembly is configured to engage the transom plate and the actuator plate to connect the actuator plate to the transom plate.

The invention provides an unmanned ship grabbing and positioning system based on multi-body configuration design, and belongs to the technical field of unmanned ships, the unmanned ship grabbing and positioning system comprises a multi-body ship body, a machine vision module, a positioning calculation unit, a stable platform, a grabbing device and a control module, the multi-body ship body is composed of a double-hull structure or a three-hull structure; the machine vision module is used for identifying a target object and acquiring visual information of the target object; the positioning calculation unit is connected with the machine vision module and is used for calculating spatial position coordinates of the target object according to the acquired vision information; the stable platform is arranged on the multi-hull ship body; the grabbing device is installed on the stable platform and used for grabbing the target object according to the coordinates calculated by the positioning calculation unit. The robot has the comprehensive advantages of being high in environmental adaptability, high in positioning precision, flexible in operation, good in controllability, high in maintainability and the like, and can efficiently cope with target object grabbing operation in the complex water environment.

The invention discloses an unmanned double-body modular self-adaptive hydrofoil ship, and relates to the technical field of hydrofoil ship equipment. The hydrofoil ship comprises a ship body, a buoy, a hydrofoil mechanism and a controller. The buoy is connected with a driving assembly. The hydrofoil mechanism comprises a first hydrofoil mechanism and a second hydrofoil mechanism, and each of the first hydrofoil mechanism and the second hydrofoil mechanism comprises a telescopic rod and a hydrofoil plate. One end of the telescopic rod is connected with the ship body, and the other end of the telescopic rod is rotationally connected with the hydrofoil plate; the hydrofoil plate comprises a base plate and a side plate, a first motor is fixed on the base plate, and the first motor drives the base plate to rotate; the side plates are rotationally connected with the base plate, a second motor is fixed to the base plate, and the second motor drives the side plates to rotate. Through cooperation of the first hydrofoil mechanism and the second hydrofoil mechanism, stability and seaworthiness in the sailing process are enhanced, transverse shaking is reduced, lift force distribution of the hydrofoil plates is optimized, and sailing resistance is reduced.

The application discloses a kind of ship lifting fin plate self-adapting cleaning device, belong to ship equipment technical field, including fixed plate, the fixed plate is connected with fin plate by suspension assembly, the fin plate outside is provided with deep well, the deep well side wall is provided with cleaning assembly, the cleaning assembly includes the slide rail mounting bracket of the deep well side wall, the slide rail mounting bracket is installed with slide rail, the slide rail is installed with push rod, the push rod is connected with sanding wheel, the whole device is provided with control component.The application adopts the above-mentioned ship lifting fin plate self-adapting cleaning device, push rod is adjusted sanding wheel and fin plate adhesion degree by spring and hydraulic equipment, symmetrically arranged sanding wheel is combined with slide rail and can fully cover fin plate surface, improve cleaning efficiency;Real-time monitoring data is obtained by torque sensor and flexible pressure sensing array, and the cleaning strength is intelligently adjusted by using fuzzy PID algorithm, which can ensure the cleaning effect and avoid damaging the anticorrosive coating of fin plate.

According to the ultra-efficient energy-saving method and device for automobiles, ships, trains, submarines and aircrafts, when the automobiles and the ships advance, the heads push air to scatter all around, and negative pressure areas are formed on the bodies and the tails of the automobiles and the ships to suck and pull the automobiles and the ships. A rear flow cover 2 is additionally arranged at the head of the vehicle and vessel, scattered air is forced to leave the rear flow cover in an accelerated mode in the direction opposite to the advancing direction of the vehicle and vessel and flow towards the side and the tail of the vehicle and vessel, power (reverse thrust) is provided for the vehicle and vessel, air in a negative pressure area of the side and the tail of the vehicle and vessel is supplemented, the speed of airflow leaving the rear flow cover relative to the ground is reduced, and energy loss is reduced. A water baffle 4 is arranged on the bow, and the bottom edge of the water baffle is connected with a water pressing plate 5, so that the water pressure of the raised water level pushes the boat to advance. The water pressing plate is located on a static horizontal plane, so that the ship does not easily shovel water when advancing. The two sides of the ship are respectively provided with a manger board 1, so that waves generated by the ship surge towards the tail of the ship to reversely push the ship to advance. The air bag is arranged at the tail of the vehicle, high-pressure air generated by the windward side of the head of the vehicle is conveyed to the air bag, the air bag is prone to deformation and automatically searches for a large-negative-pressure position to fill a negative-pressure area, resistance is reduced, and safety is achieved.

The invention provides an underwater vehicle cavitation resistance reduction optimization method and system based on AI deep reinforcement learning, and belongs to the technical field of deep reinforcement learning, and the method comprises the steps: determining a first resistance reduction scheme according to a preset path, morphological parameters and a deep reinforcement learning model, and carrying out the correction through combining with an actual driving path to obtain a second scheme, image sensors are arranged according to the morphological parameters, images are collected and analyzed to obtain real-time cavitation resistance reduction parameters, and the multiple parameters and the second scheme are fused to generate an optimization scheme. Dynamic self-adaptive optimization of the drag reduction scheme is achieved, and the drag reduction efficiency and the navigation stability are improved.

A ventilation drag reduction device includes a main housing, a first rectification assembly, a second rectification assembly, and a flow isolating assembly; the main housing is composed of a first segment, a second segment, a third segment, and a fourth segment; the first rectification assembly is composed of first rectification plates; the second rectification assembly is composed of at least one second rectification plate; the flow isolating assembly is arranged in a cavity of the third segment; the fourth segment is configured as an outlet end. On the premise that the total construction cost is not obviously increased, high-pressure gas is rectified in a cavity of the main housing, so that the turbidity of the high-pressure gas is reduced, and a stable insulating gas layer is formed at the bottom of a hull; in addition, the present invention further discloses a marine ventilation drag reduction system.

A vessel for transporting cargo by water comprises one or more propulsion devices with at least one air-breathing engine from the one or more propulsion devices disposed entirely above a surface of the water in a high-speed mode of operation. The least one air-breathing engine is configured to bleed airflow into a fluid circuit. The fluid circuit routes the bleed airflow to one or more fluid outlets disposed entirely below the surface of the water in the high-speed mode of operation. At least some of the one or more fluid outlets release the bleed airflow in the high-speed mode of operation generate a boundary layer along at least a portion of a hull of the vessel to reduce a skin friction drag thereof.

A craft is provided with a lever that can control the power / speed of the craft and semi-automatically transition the craft in various modes of operation. This makes control of the craft somewhat similar to control of a boat, thereby bringing a maritime flight control experience to a wing-in-ground effect vehicles, hydrofoiling vessels, seagliders, and seaplanes. Further, various audio, visual, and / or haptic devices in the cockpit can provide alerts / feedback to the operator on the use of the lever and mode transitions.

A watercraft including a hull; a deck; a battery and an electric motor; a cooling system including: a heat exchanger; a closed cooling path in thermal contact with the heat exchanger and the battery; and an open cooling path in thermal contact with a portion of the closed cooling path. Also a cooling system including: a heat exchanger including: a heat exchanger body, a first channel defined in the heat exchanger body, the first channel being in thermal contact with the outer surface for conducting heat therebetween, and a second channel defined in the heat exchanger body, the second channel being in thermal contact with the first channel, a first cooling path in thermal contact with the battery, a portion of the first cooling path being defined by the first channel; and a second cooling path defined by the second channel.

The utility model belongs to the technical field of ship resistance reduction, and discloses a ship bubble resistance reduction detection device and a ship. The ship bubble resistance reduction detection device comprises a bubble generation unit, a light source emission unit and a detection unit, the bubble generation unit is fixed to the bottom of a ship body, the bubble generation unit can generate bubbles, and the bubbles can be attached to the bottom of the ship body to form a bubble attachment area. The light source emitting unit is arranged at the bottom of the ship body and emits light to the bottom of the ship body and illuminates the bubble attachment area. The detection unit is arranged at the bottom of the ship body and can collect and analyze images of bubble flowing conditions in the bubble attachment area. According to the ship bubble resistance reduction detection device, under the condition that a flow field at the bottom of a ship body is not influenced, the resistance of the ship during advancing can be reduced, the energy consumption of ship body operation can be reduced, the flow condition of the flow field at the bottom of the ship body can be monitored in real time, and good academic significance and practical engineering significance are achieved.

The invention belongs to the technical field of bionic sharkskin design application, and discloses a variable-attack-angle placoid scale structure applied to an underwater naval vessel and a control method thereof, and the variable-attack-angle placoid scale structure comprises an underwater naval vessel body, a placoid scale structure assembly, a central control unit and a sensing system assembly; the shield scale structure assembly is arranged on the front portion of the advancing direction of the underwater naval vessel body and comprises an attack angle adjusting platform, a shield scale foundation pillar and a bionic shield scale piece. The sensing system assembly comprises a pressure sensor, a speed sensor and a turbulence intensity sensor; the central control unit is connected with the pressure sensor, the speed sensor, the turbulence intensity sensor and the attack angle adjusting platform through wireless signals. A shield scale structure capable of adjusting the attack angle is applied to the outer surface of an underwater naval vessel, and an intelligent control system is combined, so that the shield scale sheet can adaptively adjust the attack angle according to real-time environment change, and therefore, water flow distribution is optimized, water flow resistance is reduced, and the stability of an underwater vehicle is improved.