The oceans cover almost three-quarters of the earth's surface and provide a highway for commerceor conquest and constitute a rich source of nutrients, materials and energy. The exploration and exploitation of ocea...The oceans cover almost three-quarters of the earth's surface and provide a highway for commerceor conquest and constitute a rich source of nutrients, materials and energy. The exploration and exploitation of oceanic resources accelerated in the 1970s because of the emerging offshore oil and gasindustry. The extraction and national protection of these and other resources will increase rapidlyin the next century and in support of these activities one of the most useful tools will be the smallunderwater vehicle. However, if these vehicles are to carry out the envisaged tasks in a cost--effectiveand mission-effective manner they will require high performance energy systems. A number of suchsystems are being developed and the problem arises as which one to select for a particular task. In thispaper the development of software based techniques for the selection of energy systems is described.展开更多
文摘The oceans cover almost three-quarters of the earth's surface and provide a highway for commerceor conquest and constitute a rich source of nutrients, materials and energy. The exploration and exploitation of oceanic resources accelerated in the 1970s because of the emerging offshore oil and gasindustry. The extraction and national protection of these and other resources will increase rapidlyin the next century and in support of these activities one of the most useful tools will be the smallunderwater vehicle. However, if these vehicles are to carry out the envisaged tasks in a cost--effectiveand mission-effective manner they will require high performance energy systems. A number of suchsystems are being developed and the problem arises as which one to select for a particular task. In thispaper the development of software based techniques for the selection of energy systems is described.
