COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS AND OPTIMAL TURN MANOEUVRES

The International Collision Regulations are explicit only with regard to manoeuvre responsibilities. The manoeuvres themselves have been the subject of a large number of technical papers and conferences particularly during the past 15 years. Nevertheless, although the use of shipboard radar systems has increased during this time, it is apparent from collision statistics and from the variety of published opinions and recommendations that the manoeuvre-specification problem is not considered as solved. In fact, in many cases, recommended turn manoeuvres can actually lead to a cooperative collision, when more realistic turn dynamics are assumed for the ships. The range of conflicting opinions, few of which are based on an analysis of ship manoeuvre dynamics, provides the motivation for the present study. The following work first determines on board radar accuracy requirements for collision avoidance, and then develops optimal collision avoidance manoeuvres as functions of the processed radar data. A major part of the study has been carried out under contract with the Maritime Administration of the United States.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Royal Institute of Navigation

  1 Kensington Gore
  London,   England 
• Authors:
  • Merz, A W
  • Karmarkar, J S
• Publication Date: 1976-4

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 160-174
• Serial:
  • Journal of Navigation
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISSN: 0373-4633
  • Serial URL: http://uk.cambridge.org/journals/nav

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash avoidance systems; Maneuvering; Radar
• Old TRIS Terms: Radar criteria
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00138349
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Royal Institute of Navigation, England
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 11 1976 12:00AM