AUTOMATIC NAVIGATION OF SHIPS ALONG A PILOT CABLE

AUTOMATISCHES FAHREN VON SCHIFFEN LAENGS EINES LEITKABELS

A survey on the research project Automatization of Navigable Waterways is given and the results obtained so far are reported. First a complete position determination of a ship by an electrical pilot cable is described. Then a controller is designed, which operates on the rudder of the ship, such that automatic navigation with a test ship is made possible on a test waterway with a length of 4 km. The results of the automatic test runs are discussed.

• Corporate Authors:

  Oldenbourg R Verlag GmbH

  Rosenheimer Strasse 145
  8000 Munich 80,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Gilles, E D
  • Stark, K
• Publication Date: 1976-11

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Regelungstechnik
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Oldenbourg R Verlag GmbH

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated vehicle control; Automatic control; Inland waterways; Inland waterways traffic; Maneuvering; Navigation; Navigation systems; Rivers; Rudders; Ship pilotage; Vessel traffic control
• Old TRIS Terms: Automatic control systems; Inland waterways navigation; River navigation; Rudder control systems; Waterway navigation
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00152596
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 27 1977 12:00AM