著者
笠原 順三 白崎 勇一 川口 勝義 岩瀬 良一 中塚 正
出版者
Tokyo Geographical Society
雑誌
地学雑誌 (ISSN:0022135X)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.109, no.6, pp.920-933, 2000-12-25 (Released:2009-11-12)
参考文献数
29

To understand the Earth's geophysical phenomena, it is important to obtain multicomponent, continuous, long-range, and real-time marine data in global scale. To carry out observations in the sea, the most reasonable way at present is to use submarine cables for communication and power supply. There are cable projects using decommissioned submarine cables in Japan. GeO-TOC and VENUS projects. The H2O project is a US version of the VENUS project. Outlines of the two systems are presented with some new results.Some other projects using new fiber optic cables have been continued in Japan, but most of these projects are oriented toward seismic observations. The NEPTUNE and J-NEPTUNE projects are the most attractive projects in the near future to build multi-disciplinary observatories as Internet networks in the sea.
著者
川口 勝義 浦 環 折出 光宏 坂巻 隆
出版者
社団法人 日本船舶海洋工学会
雑誌
日本造船学会論文集 (ISSN:05148499)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.178, pp.657-666, 1995-12
参考文献数
9
被引用文献数
8 7

The ALBAC designed by the authors and constructed in 1992 is a prototype of shuttle type autonomous underwater vehicles. The ALBAC was developed for the oceanographic measurement of water column on the way and from the seabed.<BR>The vehicle does not have a propeller thruster but moves aside by gliding. To carry out the mission, the software includes three simple fuzzy controllers for longitudinal and lateral motion. The longitudinal motion controller displaces the longitudinal coordinate of the location of the center of gravity (C. G.) and controls the gliding angle, respectively of the vehicle. Two lateral motion controllers also displace the lateral coordinate of C. G. and control azimuth and yaw rate. The parameters of the fuzzy rules were optimized by using the Evolution Strategies on the simulator, and examined based on the motion data of every trial. 300-meter depth sea trials were successfully conducted in April of 1995 at the Suruga Bay of Japan.<BR>Consequently, the ALBAC is highly reliable and can be easily operated to carry out the mission to measure the profile of scientific data.