Added Mass Computation for Control of an Open-Frame Remotely-Operated Vehicle: Application using Wamit and Matlab

In this paper, numerical modeling and testing of a complex-shaped remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) are shown. The paper emphasizes on systematic modeling of hydrodynamic added mass using computational fluid dynamic software WAMIT^(TM) on the open frame ROV that is not commonly applied in practice. From initial design and prototype testing, a small-scale test using a free-decaying experiment is used to verify the theoretical models obtained from...