Demo: Hull performance/dynamics and control of boats and marine robots
At Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology and the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Energy Technology are cooperating in the area of developments of hull performance/dynamics and control of boats and marine robots. In the common demonstration, we will on the one hand give an overview on our current reserach by measuring dynamic properties of hulls of boats and/or boat models. It is aimed to investigate in detail the influence of different hull parameters, beta-angles, V- or M-form, ratio of length and width by measuring of trim and roll angels as a function of speed, centre of gravity, load distribution, propeller immersion depth and propeller vector angle. On the other hand, we will show the usage of a low-cost marine robot for practical tasks within the undergraduate education. As a scenario, the robot is intended to operate as a fire fighting vessel, that has to extinguish a simulated fire at the shore. It is our goal to address international universities for possible future competitions with similar scenarios and the possibility to demonstrate the results at future BtS- workshops.