Dataset – Experimental Force Data of a Restrained ROV under Waves and Current

The experimental set-up includes a Remotely Operated (underwater) Vehicle (ROV), which was restrained with eight tethers to measure the hydrodynamic forces due to waves and current. Each tether was equipped with a load cell. The provided data are linked to an underwater motion capturing system, which observed the small response in six degrees of freedom. The provided load cases include different current speeds, irregular and regular waves as well as combined wave-current seas. In addition to the raw data, a processed dataset is provided which includes the forces in all three main coordinate directions for each mounting point on the ROV. This research was carried out at the FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility of the Institute for Energy Systems, University of Edinburgh.

本实验装置包含一台遥控水下载具（Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle, ROV），该载具通过8根系绳固定，用于测量波浪与水流作用下的水动力。每根系绳均配备载荷传感器（load cell）。本次提供的数据由一套水下运动捕捉系统采集，该系统可记录六自由度下的微小运动响应。本次发布的载荷工况涵盖不同流速、不规则波浪与规则波浪，以及浪流联合海况。除原始数据外，本数据集还提供经过处理的版本，其中包含遥控水下载具各安装点在三个主坐标方向上的受力数据。本研究在爱丁堡大学能源系统研究所的FloWave海洋能源研究设施中开展。