IMPROVEMENT OF COURSE STABILITY BY THE SUBSIDIARY AUTOMATIC CONTROL

An investigation has been made to improve the course keeping qualities of an unstable ship by adding a subsidiary automatic control to the manual steering. For this, use has been made of results of full scale experiments with a 200,000 DWT tanker and a simulation study. Some instructive results have been obtained.

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  International Periodical Press

  193 Heemraadssingel
  Rotterdam,   Netherlands 

  International Periodical Press

  193 Heemraadssingel
  Rotterdam,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Koyama, T
• Publication Date: 1972-4

Media Info

• Serial:
  • International Shipbuilding Progress
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue Number: 212
  • Publisher: IOS Press
  • ISSN: 0020-868X
  • Serial URL: http://www.iospress.nl/journal/international-shipbuilding-progress/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic steering control; Properties of control systems; Ship pilotage; Stability criteria; Steering components
• Old TRIS Terms: Control systems stability; Course stability; Steering equipment
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00034396
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Shipbuilding Progress
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 15 1973 12:00AM