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Atmospheric Diving Suit (ADS)

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Atmospheric diving system (ADS); Human occupied vehicle (HOV); Manned submersible (MS)

Definition

An Atmospheric Diving Suit (ADS), also known as Atmospheric Diving System, is a humanoid type deep-sea manned operation system, which can maintain atmospheric pressure when diving. The diver equipped with the suit can directly reach the operation site for observation, navigating by the underwater thruster, or landing and shifting by its own strength. At the same time, with the help of rotary joints, divers can control the gripper of both hands and special tools under underwater operations. The suit is connected to the Tether Management System (TMS) through the neutral cable to obtain energy and communicate. The video image of the operation process is also transmitted to the surface ship for the personnel to make a decision for reference (Jiang et al. 2013c).

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As a common underwater operation equipment, ADS has been progressed with the...

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  1. China Ship Scientific Research Center, Wuxi, China

    Tao Liu & Shuai Wang

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  1. Hadal Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China

    Weicheng Cui

  2. School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai, China

    Shixiao Fu

  3. School of Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University , Newcastle, UK

    Zhiqiang Hu

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    Weicheng Cui

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Liu, T., Wang, S. (2019). Atmospheric Diving Suit (ADS). In: Cui, W., Fu, S., Hu, Z. (eds) Encyclopedia of Ocean Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6963-5_51-1

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