MULTI-SENSOR NAVIGATION SYSTEMS FOR DEEP-OCEAN MINING

Five integrated marine navigation systems have been evaluated for potential application to the deep-ocean mining problem. Included as navaids were the NNS (Transit), OMEGA, water-speed doppler, radio buoys, a gyrocompass, and an IMU. Detailed mathematical models have been developed for all the different navaids. Using these models, a minimum-variance filter has been designed to efficiently process the navid data. Simulation results are presented of the rms errors in the estimates of ship's position and velocity for all candidate systems.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the National Marine Navigation Meeting, Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies, Linthicum Heights, Maryland, October 31-November 1, 1977.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Navigation

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• Authors:
  • Kriegsman, B A
  • Mahar, K B
  • Prado, G
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 51-57
• Serial:
  • Publication of: American Concrete Institute
  • Publisher: American Concrete Institute (ACI)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Doppler navigation; Gyrocompasses; Integrated systems; Mathematical models; Navigation systems; Navigational aids; Navigational satellites; Omega navigation system; Position fixing; Radio navigation; Satellite navigation systems; Speedometers; Tracking systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Doppler speedometers; Integrated navigation systems; Omega navigation; Position finding
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00170499
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute of Navigation
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 14 1978 12:00AM