Autonomous sailboat design: A review from the performance perspective
Published in Ocean Engineering, 2021
本文针对无人帆船设计开展了全面综述，重点从海洋科学任务所关注的四项核心性能维度展开：结构耐久性、能源自持能力、抗倾覆能力与航速性能。文章总结了现有设计方法与实现路径，阐释其设计逻辑，并通过统计与归纳指出制约性能进一步提升的关键因素：对任务场景考虑不足、航速与抗倾覆之间固有权衡，以及缺乏系统化的设计优化框架。为应对上述挑战，作者提出若干潜在方向，包括面向场景的定制化设计、适应不同环境的自适应机构（如可缩帆、可调变形帆与稳性装置等），以及采用基于仿真的设计优化技术。目标是推动更鲁棒、更高能力的无人帆船平台，支撑生态系统、生物地球化学与气象等海洋科学研究。
This paper provides a thorough review of autonomous sailboat design, specifically focusing on four key performance aspects crucial for marine science missions: structural durability, energy self-sufficiency, overturning resistance, and sailing speed. It summarizes existing design approaches, highlights the logic behind them, and statistically identifies factors hindering further performance improvement, primarily stemming from insufficient consideration of task scenarios, inherent trade-offs between sailing speed and overturning resistance, and a lack of comprehensive design optimization frameworks. To address these challenges, the authors propose potential future solutions, including scenario-customized designs, adaptive mechanisms for varying conditions (like reefable sails, adjustable variant sails, and stabilizers), and the adoption of simulation-based design optimization techniques. The goal is to inspire designers to create more robust and capable autonomous sailboats, facilitating advancements in marine science research such as ecosystems, biogeochemistry, and meteorology studies.
Recommended citation: Yang An, Jiancheng Yu*, and Jin Zhang. (2021). "Autonomous sailboat design: A review from the performance perspective." Ocean Engineering. 237, 109753.
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