CURRENT ADVANCEMENT INAUTOMATIC STATION-KEEPING

A description is given of the automatic station-keeping system proposed for the Glomar-40 Class drillship, consisting of conventional mooring and dynamic positioning based on an inertial reference system. A discussion of the computer simulation showing the value of the inertial reference unit is included.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper presented at 1977 SNAME Spring Meeting and STAR Symposium, San Francisco, California, May 25-27.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

  601 Pavonia Avenue
  Jersey City, NJ  United States  07306-2907
• Authors:
  • Schaeffner, C R
  • Dixon, T F
• Publication Date: 1977

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drilling ships; Dynamic positioning; Inertial navigation systems; Performance; Ship operations
• Old TRIS Terms: Drilling ship performance; Station keeping
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00156194
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Reporter and Engineering News
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 17 1977 12:00AM