Prethodno priopćenje
Technical aspects of small autonomous surface vessel design
Smiljko Rudan
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Zagreb, Croatia
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Ivan Munić
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivan Oreč
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Zagreb, Croatia
Pero Prebeg
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Zagreb, Croatia
* Dopisni autor.
Sažetak
Small unmanned, remotely operated or autonomous surface vessels are gaining popularity in the
recent years, because of the increased need for automatization and cost reduction of activities such as
environmental monitoring, collection of oceanographic data, surveillance and similar activities. Such
vessels are powered by electricity stored in the batteries, which are heavy and relatively voluminous
so, as in the case of bigger ships, there is a need for a proper vessel design which will minimise the
resistance and consequently the consumption of the energy, while still being able to safely accomplish
the required missions. Within the project Brigantine (Interreg HR-IT), a small vessel having a length
of 2.2 meters, and denominated as ASV02, is designed for the coastal and open sea missions. This
paper describes the challenges of the development of the concept and the design of the prototype, as
well as the operational requirements. In addition, the paper describes the technical details related to
the production of the prototype and presents a new propeller characteristics prediction method useful
when there is barely any data available.
Ključne riječi
autonomous vessel, vessel design, hull form, hydrodynamic resistance, propeller characteristics
Hrčak ID:
347262
URI
Datum izdavanja:
19.5.2026.
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