Research Article

Coordinated Depth Control of Multiple Autonomous Underwater Vehicles by Using Theory of Adaptive Sliding Mode

Table 1

The parameters of each AUV.

ParameterDefinitionValue

mass1600
density1019.2
thrust1078
gravity15680
length7.738
maximum cross-sectional area0.224
moment of inertia around the z-axis6771.8
distance between center of mass and center of buoyancy0
distance of the center of mass move down-0.03
distance of the center of mass side shift0
vertical additional mass factor31.588
lateral additional mass factor1554.672
additional spacing factor276.113
lateral additional moment of inertia factor6905.1545
positional derivative of lift factor versus angle of attack2.172
positional derivative of lift factor versus horizontal rudder angle0.4994
positional derivative of lift factor versus angular velocity1.362
positional derivative of pitching moment factor versus angle of attack0.5892
positional derivative of pitching moment factor versus horizontal rudder angle-0.7339
positional derivative of pitching moment factor versus angular velocity-0.2659