IDENTIFICATION OF SHIP STEERING DYNAMICS

The problem of determining ship steering dynamics is approached from the point of view of system identification. Free steering experiments on full scale ships are considered. The precise nature of the rudder perturbation is not critical as long as the perturbations excite the ship motion sufficiently. The data obtained in the experiment are used to estimate the parameters in a mathematical model of the ship. The results indicate that it is possible to obtain models for ship steering dynamics using the proposed scheme. Applications to measurements on a freighter and a tanker are given.

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• Authors:
  • Astrom, K J
  • Kallstrom, C G
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Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 9-22
• Serial:
  • Automatica
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0005-1098
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00051098

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dynamics; Mathematical models; Ship motion; Steering
• Old TRIS Terms: Steering dynamics
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00141230
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 26 1976 12:00AM