System design and performance analysis of a submerged towed docking system for automated launch and recovery of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Hops, Dirk Hinrich , 1998- (VerfasserIn) Sprenger, Florian , 1981- (AkademischeR BetreuerIn) Hassani, Vahid (AkademischeR BetreuerIn) Universität Rostock (Grad-verleihende Institution) Universität Rostock Fakultät für Maschinenbau und Schiffstechnik (Grad-verleihende Institution) Text theses Text Hochschulschrift 2026 26.02.2026 eng electronic resourceremoteComputermedienOnline-Ressourceapplication/pdf1 Online-Ressource (XX, 193 Seiten) Illustrationen, Diagramme Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are widely used, but their launch and recovery (L&R) from moving vessels remains challenging, especially under dynamic sea conditions. This work develops a submerged towed docking device to establish initial physical contact with the AUV. Using CFD, scaled model experiments and multibody simulations, the system behaviour is analysed. The results show the motion characteristics of the system under a wide range of environmental and operational parameters, from which parameter regimes with robust docking behaviour can be derived.<eng> Open Access Urheberrechtsschutz 1.0 vorgelegt von Dirk Hinrich Hops GutachterInnen: Florian Sprenger (University of Rostock) ; Vahid Hassani (Oslo Metropolitan University) Dissertation Universität Rostock 2026 620 623.8 620 https://purl.uni-rostock.de/rosdok/id00005796 https://doi.org/10.18453/rosdok_id00005796 https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-rosdok_id00005796-4 https://d-nb.info/1420686496/34 System design and performance analysis of a submerged towed docking system for automated launch and recovery of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles--(DE-627)1984200143 urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-rosdok_id00005796-4 doi: 10.18453/rosdok_id00005796 oclc: 1616356250 ppn: (DE-627)1984187651