1 / 17

Modern-Day Uses of Underwater Vehicles

Modern-Day Uses of Underwater Vehicles. Module 1, Section 2. Modern-Day Uses of Underwater Vehicles. All underwater vehicles are designed for a purpose – that is, they have some kind of work or mission to accomplish. It may be observational or It may require physical intervention.

gur
Download Presentation

Modern-Day Uses of Underwater Vehicles

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Modern-Day Uses of Underwater Vehicles Module 1, Section 2

  2. Modern-Day Uses of Underwater Vehicles • All underwater vehicles are designed for a purpose – that is, they have some kind of work or mission to accomplish. • It may be observational or • It may require physical intervention

  3. National Defense Used for: • Search, detection and reconnaissance • Underwater communications • Sub-sea surveillance • Self-defense of ships, subs, and harbors • Engineering tasks; mine removal, construction port clearance/survey

  4. Resource Extraction • The Oil and Gas Industry is the biggest users • Work class ROVs are used to maintain wellheads and equipment • Mining • Aquaculture

  5. Oceanography Pharmacology Microbiology Limnology Ocean Engineering Acoustics Energy Science New technology enables scientists to do previously impossible observations and experiments, thus opening up whole new frontiers to scientific discovery.

  6. Telecommunications • AUVs and ROVs are used for mapping and survey • Bottom crawling ROVs handle the seabed installation of cable.

  7. Construction, Inspection, and Maintenance • Projects such as bridges, offshore drilling and production facilities, dams, piers, and cable and pipeline operations all require some sort of underwater intervention work.

  8. Search and Recovery • Most search and recovery work is undertaken to locate and recover bodies, downed aircraft, sunken boats, valuable equipment, stolen property, or evidence of criminal activities.

  9. Archeology Underwater archeology is a rapidly growing field that benefits from a wide range of underwater technology to:. • Locate • Assess • Identify • Document

  10. Archeology Locate

  11. Archeology Locate

  12. Archeology Assess

  13. Archeology Assess

  14. Archeology Identify

  15. Archeology Identify Document CAPTAIN Mc Cullah

  16. Recreation and Entertainment • Scuba • Tourist Subs • Movies/Film making • Micro-ROVs

  17. Education Teachers are using the motivational effects of ROVs to excite this and future generations of children to study science and technology • MATE International ROV Competition Scout Class Ranger Class Explorer Class • Sea Perch ROV • Jason Project • AUVSI

More Related