Design, Construction and Open Water Tank Test of the Deep Manned Submersible 'Harmony'

摘要

Deep sea exploration and exploitation are of an increasingly interest to human beings in the 21(st) century. Manned and unmanned deep submergence vehicles are necessary means for deep sea explorations. In order to fulfill the requirements of deep sea explorations of COMRA (China Ocean Mineral Resources R&d association), a deep manned submersible is developed in china and it is now named "Harmony". The purpose of this paper is to briefly introduce the development process, including design, construction and open water tank test.