A METHOD FOR THE SIMULATION OF SAILING SHIPS

Watchkeeping training on bridge simulators equipped with visual systems often requires the control of ships sailing in currents or wind conditions. Under such circumstances, the vessels have leeway. This can cause the watchkeeper to misconstrue another ship's course. It is therefore important that simulator capabilities include the simulation of wind and current phenomena, and an algorithm for the automatic control of ships under such conditions is presented. It uses a 16-bit microprocessor unit with 128 Kbytes of RAM. Some simulation results are also presented

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Journal article
• Authors:
  • OKAMOTO, Y
  • Asaki, K
  • Arai, Y
• Publication Date: 1989-3

Language

• Japanese

Media Info

• Pagination: 5 p.
• Serial:
  • Review of the Marine Technical College
  • Issue Number: No.32
  • ISSN: 0288-3708

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Ship simulators; Simulation; Wind
• Old TRIS Terms: Currents
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00657699
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Technical Information Facility
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 1994 12:00AM