THE TIME OPTIMAL CONTROL LAW TO ALTER SHIPS COURSE AND ITS MANUAL STEERING EXPERIMENTS

At first, the time optimal control law to alter ship's course is reported. The dynamics of the ship's turning motion is assumed to be expressed by differential equations. Secondly, the completeness of the control law is examined by a digital computer simulation. A computer time to determine a momentary control to be applied to the system is less than 5 msec, therefore, the control law can be used in a feedback system. Then, manual steering experiments are performed to alter ship's course in a minimum time using T and K obtained from zig zag maneuvering tests. The parameters are confirmed to be correct enough for being used in a feedback steering system.

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  Society of Naval Architects of Japan

  15-16, Toranomon, 1-chome, Minato-ku
  Tokyo,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • HIROTA, M
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Japan
  • Volume: 131
  • ISSN: 0514-8499

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control; Pilotage; Steering; Steering systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Steering response
• Old TRIS Terms: Steering dynamics
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00323764
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Stevens Institute of Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 15 1981 12:00AM