| Budget Amount *help |
¥46,280,000 (Direct Cost: ¥35,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥10,680,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥6,240,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,440,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥15,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,480,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥24,960,000 (Direct Cost: ¥19,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥5,760,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this study, a new small sized and light weighted buoyancy engine for underwater gliders was developed and was mounted on the prototype underwater glider for long-term virtual mooring called ‘Tsukuyomi.’ The basic control software which is necessary for long-term virtual mooring was also developed. The performance of the developed underwater glider was evaluated by long tank tests and sea experiments. As a result, it was confirmed that the developed underwater glider has the basic ability necessary for long-term virtual mooring. As for the buoyancy engine, by using a commercially available small swash plate type axial piston pump, its size and weight became about half of the previously equipped one, and the pumping speed became more than one-digit faster.
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