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Small Underwater Vehicles
Subzero: a low cost Remotely Operated
Vehicle for underwater inspection
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| Small underwater vehicles are used for applications in
offshore engineering, oceanographic research and marine leisure
activities. Steph Merry, Director and principle engineering
consultant of Focus Offshore Ltd, contributed to the development
of the UK’s first Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
“Autosub” and has worked with Seaeye Marine, a
leading manufacturer of Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs).
Her speciality is the design of energy-efficient submarines
and she organised the 1st International Submarine Races for
human-powered vehicles in 1989. |
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Human-powered
submarines designed for the International Submarine
Races |
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The following services for the development
of ROV, AUV and crewed submersible prototypes are available
through Focus Offshore:
- Conceptual design
- Hydrodynamic design
- Performance optimisation
- Experimental specification for physical modelling
- Model testing and assessment
- Audits and market surveys
Representative projects
Underwater vehicle projects directed by Steph include:
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The AUV Autosub after successfully completing
the first ever under ice shelf mission
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Seaeye Marine’s
Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Cougar |
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Efficient Control Surface Design
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Engineering subsystems
for a
human-powered submarine
Testing a launch and retrieval
system for Autosub |
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