RU2553599C1 - Multi-hulled deep submersible manned vehicle (versions) - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: invention proposes a multi-hulled deep submersible manned vehicle being a general-purpose integrated system, which consists of several (for example three) hulls located for example in a row, one of which is the main propulsive one, and the rest ones are interchangeable modules. As per the second version of the design of the multi-hulled deep submersible manned vehicle, symmetry axes of its hulls if looking from the front are located in one circumferential direction; propellers are installed in the centre of the system between the hulls. The modules are tightly attached to the main hull by an automatic detachable connection with transfer hatches of interaction between the hulls. Each hull is provided with systems of life support and independent surfacing depending on the purpose. The multi-hulled deep submersible manned vehicle has a device for connection with a conducting rope to a carrier aircraft (at its arrangement on the carrier aircraft) or to a carrier ship and is capable of being moved both on the water surface and under water with remote control as a tethered vehicle or as an independent vehicle.

EFFECT: improvement of operating characteristics of a submersible vehicle; enlargement of its functional capabilities.

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Description

The present invention relates to shipbuilding and aviation, namely to inhabited underwater vehicles (OPA).

Known inhabited underwater vehicle "Mir" (magazine "Shipbuilding" No. 1, 1992, p. 67), built in Finland by order of the USSR with an immersion depth of 6000 m, a mass of 18.7 tons, a speed of 5 knots, with a crew of 3 people , autonomy in energy reserves of 10 hours, length 7.8 m, width 2.9 m. The inhabited underwater vehicle is equipped with manipulators and three portholes. OPA type "Mir" is adapted for the study of the depths of the ocean.

An OPA of the Mir type cannot be used as a universal apparatus and is adapted to perform certain research projects.

OPA type "World" is taken as an analog.

The closest technical solution, selected as a prototype, is the Saga with a displacement of 515 tons, designed for underwater technical work at depths of up to 300 m, built in France (Marine Engineers Revien, 1990 VII, P. 18, 19 "Shipbuilding" No. 1, 1992). It has two Sterling engines of the Swedish company Sobower, brand V4-275P, operating on diesel fuel and oxygen. There is a lock chamber for divers to exit (6 people), 4 retractable supports, portholes and a separate wheelhouse serving as a rescue capsule. “Saga” has a length of 28 m, a width of 7.4 m, a height of 8 m. The maximum immersion depth is 600 m, the underwater speed is 6 knots, and the autonomy is underwater for 35 days. OPA Saga has the following equipment: propulsion and propulsion devices, wheelhouse, controls (keel and steering wheel), life support system, ballast, high pressure air supply, navigation equipment. Navigation equipment includes a direction indicator, a log, a depth indicator, an echo-krenometer, a trimometer, a speed indicator, a sonar, and a robust body.

For all its perfection, the Saga OPA has very large dimensions, which complicates its use for placement on a carrier aircraft and impairs maneuverability. Its layout allows you to accommodate only 6 people (divers). OPA "Saga" has a narrow specialization in application.

The technical result of the invention is the creation of a universal multi-hull deep-sea manned vehicle (GOA) with the ability to quickly change its purpose to perform various functions.

The technical result is achieved by the fact that the multi-hull deep-sea manned vehicle (option I), comprising a hull, engines and propulsion devices, electronic equipment, controls and navigation, is made in the form of a universal integrated system consisting of several hulls arranged in a row, one of which is the main driving, and the rest are interchangeable modules. The modules are hermetically connected to the main body by an automatic detachable connection with access hatches of communication between the housings. Each building is equipped with life support and autonomous ascent systems, depending on the purpose. The multihull apparatus has a device for connecting with a cable-cable to a carrier aircraft (when placing it on a carrier aircraft) or to a carrier vessel.

In the multi-hull deep-sea inhabited apparatus according to the second variant, the axis of symmetry of the hulls, when viewed from the front, are located on the same circle, and movers are installed in the center of the system between the hulls.

The multi-hull GOA is based on an amphibious carrier aircraft with a special hatch in the bottom of the boat, the lid of which opens down, and it descends down the hatch directly into the water.

Multi-body GOA allows you to quickly disconnect and replace the case, as a module with other equipment and purpose, depending on the need to perform other tasks.

In addition, rescue modules equipped with everything necessary for rescue, for example, the crew of a sunken submarine, for placing the rescued in sections, decompression, medical care, etc., as well as for disconnecting the module from the main body and self-ascent. The proposed multi-hull GOA scheme makes it possible to carry out its relatively small dimensions, which makes it possible to place it in a carrier aircraft and at the same time place a larger number of rescued ones in the rescue variant.

A comparative analysis of the invention with identified analogues shows that it has novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability.

The invention is illustrated by a brief description and the accompanying drawings, which show two options for the relative positioning of the buildings.

I option

In FIG. 1 shows a frontal projection of a deep-sea manned vehicle;

in FIG. 2 shows a top view of the GOA;

in FIG. 3 shows a side view of the GOA;

in FIG. 4 shows view A;

in FIG. 5 shows a section BB;

in FIG. 6 shows an axonometric projection of GOA.

II option

In FIG. 7 shows a front view of the GOA;

in FIG. 8 shows a top view of the GOA;

in FIG. 9 shows a side view of the GOA;

in FIG. 10 shows an axonometric projection of GOA;

in FIG. 11 shows a GOA being lowered from a carrier aircraft through a bow hatch in the bottom of a boat.

A multi-hull deep-sea manned vehicle can be designed as a tethered (cable-cable) and controlled mainly remotely from a carrier aircraft (carrier ship) or as an autonomous one.

The multi-hull deep-sea manned apparatus shown in FIG. 1-11, is a universal integrated system consisting of several, for example, three, interchangeable cases located, for example, in a row (I variant), or the axis of symmetry of the bodies when viewed from the front are located on one circle, and in the center of the system between the cases movers are installed (II option).

One of the buildings 1 is the main bearing, equipped with engines 2, a navigation and control system and other equipment necessary for surface and underwater autonomous movement of the device. Other buildings 3 and 4 connected to it are interchangeable modules equipped with equipment depending on the purpose and functions performed.

The hull connections are automatically detachable, allowing you to quickly disconnect one or more hulls for possible self-ascent.

In the combined hulls, it is possible to communicate (transitions from one hull to another), for which hatches 5 are provided. By basic dimensions, all hulls are the same, round section, with the nose 6 made in the form of a hemisphere and the tail 7 in the form of a cone.

In the bow of the main body there is a body 8 in the form of a ball, in which there is an entrance hatch 9, portholes 10, and a searchlight 11.

In the tail part, on the outside, on the sides of the cone, there are two movers 12 in the form of screws enclosed in the edging 13. At the bottom of the cone there are keel 14 and steering wheel 15.

In the rescue building (Fig. 3), in the bow there is a lock chamber 16 with an access hatch 17 in the bow hemisphere closed by a cover 18. In the cylindrical (middle) part of the case behind the lock chamber there are seats 19 for the rescued, between the seats there is a passage floor 20 . In the upper part of the casing there are brackets 21 for installing and securing the stretcher 22. In the casing 4 there is a hatch 23, when opened, manipulator devices 24 are advanced, which allow performing operations during repair work, soil collection, individual dmetov, etc.

In FIG. 7-11 show a second variant of the mutual arrangement of the housings, for example, the axis of symmetry of the housings, when viewed from the front, are located on the same circle, where the upper housing is the main (moving) one, and below the two housing-modules.

This option has its advantages. It takes up less space in width and therefore is more conveniently located on a carrier aircraft 25 (Fig. 11).

A multihull GOA with such an arrangement of hulls is more conveniently controlled when approaching a sunken submarine and connecting a lock chamber to it with a hatch, and it is also more convenient to control operations using manipulators.

In the multi-body GOA of the second embodiment, it is possible to install additional screws 26 enclosed in a pipe 27 located between the housings.

To perform tasks in extreme situations (rescue the crew of a sunken submarine, underwater repair of an oil or gas pipeline), an amphibious carrier carrier of a multihull GOA is brought on board at the scene of an accident, a hatch opens in the bottom of the boat, the lid of which falls under water. The multi-hull GOA, freed from the braces of the mount, moves down the rolling table 28, lowers itself into the water and, moving the propellers, moves into the surface and then scuba diving mode. After the work is completed, the multi-body GOA pops up and is pulled by a cable-cable 29 to the hatch of the aircraft, and then along the rolling table 28 in the aircraft, where it is fixed in the stowed position for flight return to the base.

In shipbuilding, high results have been achieved in the design, construction and operation of deep-sea inhabited vehicles and devices are close to perfection. By analyzing the design schemes of the OPA, it is possible to improve some of the qualitative characteristics of these devices. So, as a result of research and analysis of analog designs, a real proposal for an original scheme of a multi-hull deep-sea manned vehicle appeared.

When comparing the proposed invention with analogs, there are significant advantages of the proposed structural scheme of a multi-hull deep-sea manned vehicle, which makes it possible to quickly change the purpose of the device to perform various functions, using various configurations from the module housings into an integrated system capable of solving various problems.

The proposed design scheme of a deep-sea manned vehicle with several (for example, three) interchangeable module housings, equipped with equipment depending on the purpose and merged together with the main moving case, is a universal integrated system with the possibility of using it for various situations, for example, emergency in case of rescue the crew of the sunken submarine, for repair work under water, delivery of divers and necessary cargo to the depths of the ocean, ocean monitoring, d To perform other functions in possible and unpredictable situations.

Of great importance is the provided possibility of undocking one (or several) module cases and independently surfacing them in extreme situations.

The size and location of the hulls in the system allows you to maximize the use of the space occupied by the device and arrange more rescued in the hulls, place it in a carrier aircraft (amphibian) with remote control via a cable-cable from an amphibian aircraft (afloat) or as an autonomous underwater vehicle. The technical and economic efficiency of the present invention is achieved by the proposed original design scheme of a multi-hull deep-sea manned vehicle with its advantages compared to the identified analogues and is expressed in the versatility of this system, in the mobility of its use, in the speed of changing its purpose by quickly replacing the case-modules to perform various functions , in the possibility of placing it on a carrier aircraft, in improving safety, in the compactness of the system as a whole.

The present invention is feasible by existing technologies from currently used materials.

Claims (2)

1. A multi-hull deep-sea manned apparatus comprising a hull, engines and propulsion devices, electronic equipment, control and navigation equipment, characterized in that it is made in the form of a universal integrated system consisting of several hulls arranged in a row, one of which is the main driving one, and the rest are interchangeable modules, connected hermetically to the main body by an automatic detachable connection with access hatches of communication between the housings, each housing being equipped depending From the purpose of life support systems and autonomous ascent, as well as the multi-hull device has a device for connecting with a cable-cable to a carrier aircraft (when placing it on a carrier aircraft) or to a carrier vessel. 2. A multi-hull deep-sea manned apparatus comprising a hull, engines and propulsion devices, electronic equipment, control and navigation means, characterized in that it is made in the form of a universal integrated system consisting of several hulls, while the axis of symmetry of the hulls in front view are located on one circles, and in the center of the system between the housings there are propulsors, one of the housings being the main driving one, and the rest interchangeable modules connected hermetically to the main housing a detachable connection with transition hatches of communication between the hulls, each hull being equipped with life support and autonomous ascent systems depending on the purpose, and the multihull apparatus has a device for connecting with a cable-cable to a carrier aircraft (when placing it on a carrier aircraft) or with a carrier vessel.

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