The invention discloses a multi-tug cooperative open 
caisson floating transportation manipulation 
simulation control method. The method is in allusion to that scale parameters of a 
pipe section are very special, the floating transportation process is affected by 
multiple factors such as channel conditions, the floating 
transportation distance, the 
hydrology, the 
meteorology and the like, and difficulties of 
heavy water transportation and cooperative 
towing of multiple tugs are required to be overcome at the same time. According to the invention, the whole process of immersed 
pipe floating transportation manipulated and towed in a cooperative mode by six tugs under different wind, wave and flow sea conditions is simulated through continuously changing the 
towing power and the position of the tugs, stress analysis is carried out on the 
towing force for the immersed 
pipe every time when the position of the immersed pipe is changed, the manipulating 
modes of different tugs are adjusted, the single and total tug stresses and a 
resultant force received by the immersed pipe are calculated, moving postures of the immersed pipe are displayed in an immersed pipe floating transportation towing 
system, and curves of the 
cycle time, the track belt width, the tug service power and the like are acquired. The method disclosed by the invention can realize selection and tests for channels, steering areas, foundation trench towing 
modes and turning 
modes of each tug, evaluates the 
controllability, gives an advice on the size of a steering 
water area and the towing cable length, and judges whether configuration of the tugs is reasonable or not.