Abstract
The power unit with counter-rotating propellors has been proposed for a tidal power generation. The unit has the potential to be moored with a cable because of inherent equilibrium of the rotational moments acting on the counter-rotating propellors. On the other hand, the flow condition of a tidal current is not steady, therefore, the motion and the posture of the power unit should be investigated for the stability of the power generation in terms of the fluid dynamics. In this study, the two-dimensional motion of the power unit and the cable modelled with rigid elements connected each other with pivots are analyzed as the combination of translational and rotational motions with the constraint of the connected elements. The time-dependent position, angle and relative velocity of each calculation element were obtained to validate the usefulness of the proposed method.
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