Review of state of art of sensors, navigational equipment, and control systems which are required for deep-sea search, rendezvous and docking; Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) carries altitude/depth (A/D) sonar, which measures first arrivals of signals bounced off either surface or bottom; it has two narrow-beam transducers; pilot can select altitude, depth, or alternating altitude-depth pings; beam patterns of short-range sonar are shown; ship-control system provides three-degree-of-freedom control during cruise phase of mission and six-degree-of-freedom control during mating phase.
Sensors, navigation, and controls for undersea systems
Astronautics Aeronautics
Astronautics and Aeronautics ; 5 , n 7 ; p 62-67
1967
6 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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