An ROV operated undersea hydraulic hose repair coupling

A hydraulic hose repair system is presented that was developed for use at the Deepwater Horizon accident site. The system can be deployed with a single ROV with two controllable arms. One arm holds the device and the other arm pushes a severed hose into the device. Hydraulic pressure is applied from...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gutierrez, Luis, Slocum, Alexander H
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112982
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5048-4109