Autonomous sailboat design: A review from the performance perspective

Y An, J Yu, J Zhang - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Autonomous sailboats are promising platforms for long-term marine science missions and
have become a research area of increased interest over the last two decades. To date …

Performance of a windsurfing sail under steady condition

KP Mok, P Zhou, J Hou, S Zhong, X Zhang, RCH So… - Ocean …, 2023 - Elsevier
This research investigates the aerodynamic forces and moments acting on a windsurfing sail
during steady sailing. We performed wind tunnel experiments on a scaled-down sail model …

Optimising General Configuration of Wing-Sailed Autonomous Sailing Monohulls Using Bayesian Optimisation and Knowledge Transfer

Y An, F Hu, K Chen, J Yu - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
Wing-sailed autonomous sailing monohulls are promising platforms used in various
scenarios to provide data for marine science research. These platforms need to operate long …

An improved LOS Guidance and Sail-Rudder Cooperative Controller for the Path Tracking of Unmanned Sailboats

H Qin, P Xu, F Zhang, Y Xue - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned sailboats are driven only by wind, making them good platforms for the
synchronous observation of air-sea interfaces over a large range. Compared with traditional …

RANSE simulations for unmanned sailboat performance prediction: Coupling aerodynamics and hydrodynamics in self-sailing

H Li, L Kuang, X Yang, Q Tian, X Su, X Song, S Yang… - Ocean …, 2024 - Elsevier
During the design phase of sailboats, naval architects typically employ hydrodynamic and
aerodynamic models of the sailboat, utilizing a Velocity Prediction Program (VPP) to solve …

Optimising General Configuration of Wing-Sailed Autonomous Sailing Monohulls Using Bayesian Optimisation and Transfer Learning

Y An, F Hu, K Chen, J Yu - Available at SSRN 4264448 - papers.ssrn.com
Wing-sailed autonomous sailing monohulls are promising platforms used in various
scenarios to provide data for marine science research. These platforms need to operate long …