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Connectionless service, 333
334 Connectorless
data transfer, 188
power transfer, 191
Connectors, 165
166, 352
353, 353f, 354f Console interface module (CIM), 101 Construction, ROVs in, 19
Contact probe, 498
Continuity test, 215
Contract versus call-out work, 11
12 Control stations, 156
Copper, 200
Core sampling tool, 543
544
Couplings, for ROV thruster, 132
Crew briefing, 606
607
Crystal ball, 658
660
Currents, 46, 244
CYBERNETIX, 655
D
Dacront, 198
Data communication, evolution of, 328
329 Data networking and ROVs, 329
330
Data terminal equipment (DTE), 333
334 Data transmission and protocol, 154
Day rate
versus capital expenditure (CAPEX) versus, 15
16
versus project management, 12
15 DC brushless linear actuator, 537 Decibel, 355
358, 372 Decontamination, 622
Degrees of freedom (DoF), 505
in industrial manipulator systems, 507
Demobilization, 624
Density, 30
32
Deployment techniques, for free-flying vehicle, 222
226
directly deployed, 222
223
tether management system, 223
226 Depth, 32
35
echo sounder, 32
34
optic
acoustic seabed classification, 34
35 sensors, 470
Depth rating of ROV, by classification, 9 Design theory, 72
88
drag equation, 74
dynamic stability, 74
88
mission efficiency, designing for, 73 mission-related vehicle trim, 77
thrust/drag point, 77
88
unmanned underwater vehicle objectives, 72
73
Detection threshold (DT), 396 Dexterous arms, 517
518
Dexterous workspace, 521
Diamagnetism, 478
Diamond wire saw, 551
DIDSON, 413f, 414, 414f, 416f
Differential pressure measurement (DPM) sensors, 320 Digital video, 269
272
Directionality, 361
Directivity index (DI), 377
378, 393, 394f, 396 Dispersion limitation, 349
350
Display, 264
267
Dissolved gases, 40
42
Distortion, 279
Division of responsibility, 635
Docking head. See Lock latch
Doppler Velocity Log (DVL), 332, 471
472 Drag equation, 74
Drop cell, 498
Drum capacity, 230, 231f
Dry versus wet mate connectors, 180
181
Dual frequency, 409
410
Dual manipulator skid, 548f
Dual manipulator system operations, 557f Dummy connectors and sealing caps, 167
168 Dynacon’s Model 501, 234, 234f
Dynacon’s Model 5521XL, 232, 232f, 233f Dynamic positioning of ROV, 98
99
Dynamic range, 301
Dynamics module, 103
E
Earth as a bar magnet, 489f
Earth’s magnetic field vector components, 489f, 490f Echo, 395
return, 395
sounder, 32
34
EDTV, 267
EIA232 standard, 365
Ekman spiral, 46
Electric motors, 128
Electric SNOOPY, 57 Electrical actuation, 555
557 Electrical power, 153
155
AC versus DC considerations, 153 data throughput, 153
154
data transmission and protocol, 154 underwater connectors, 154
155
Electrical signal transmission, 334
338 Electrical slip ring, 145
146 Electrohydraulic power, 155
156 Electromagnetic energy transmissions, 43 Electromagnetic sensors, 319
Electronic filters, 311
312
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