Novel Robotic Systems in at Sea Inspection and Repair of Damaged Ship Hulls with Friction Stir Welding

Luke Fitzgerald; Phillipe Santos; Anthony Weir; Edin Omerdic; Dinesh Babu Duraibabu; Petar Trslic; Helio Musselwhite-Veitch; Gerard Dooly; Daniel Toal

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3434591

Novel Robotic Systems in at Sea Inspection and Repair of Damaged Ship Hulls with Friction Stir Welding

Luke Fitzgerald, Phillipe Santos, Anthony Weir, Edin Omerdic, Dinesh Babu Duraibabu, Petar Trslic, Helio Musselwhite-Veitch, Gerard Dooly, Daniel Toal

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This paper presents a start to finish approach on the inspection and repair of damaged ship hulls in water. The repair of ship hulls in water has been made viable by recent developments in Friction Stir Welding (FSW) of steels. The project is a European Union (EU) funded collaboration involving a variety of academic and industry partners aiming to increase the productivity of small and medium sized EU shipyards. This paper outlines the overall procedure of a repair mission while focusing on the inspection task by use of Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV), as performed in a variety of environments on a fractured plate made from ship grade steel. The equipment and processing procedures are detailed with discussion demonstrating the capabilities in generating the required quality of 3D models in order for defects to be identified and for a sufficiently sized repair patch to be designed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	190505-190519
Number of pages	15
Journal	IEEE Access
Volume	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3434591
Publication status	Published - 2024

Keywords

ROV
Underwater Inspection
friction stir welding
robotics
ship hull repair

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