Great Lakes Floating Wind Platform

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Current weather collection systems cannot provide researchers with sufficient data on the Great Lakes during winter months, as large ice sheets form that current systems aren't equipped to withstand, resulting in a data blackout during winter, or “Winter Data Silence.” Beyond weather data challenges, current Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) in the Lakes are reliant on costly, ship-based charging, which is inefficient, and impracticable on ice. A solution is needed that can endure ice, recharge AUVs, and prevent “Winter Data Silence”. We will develop a CAD model, load analysis, and scaled prototypes of an ice-resistant structure for a platform, and an AUV mating-charging mechanism to physically validate these solutions.

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ME450
Ice-resistance
Floating Buoy
AUV Charging
Intense Weather

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