Simulation of Maneuvering Characteristics of a Destroyer Study Ship Using a Modified Nonlinear Model.

Abstract

This report describes an analog computer maneuvering simulation of a destroyer study ship. The mathematical model which is used includes the ship propulsion machinery dynamics and the ship equations of motion. The model couples the ship propulsion dynamics equations with nonlinear maneuvering equations. The power plant representation consists of a simplified mathematical model of a General Electric LM2500 gas turbine engine and is primarily an engine mapping of engine torque versus engine speed using fuel flow rate as a parameter. The simulation is used to accurately predict slow transients in ship speed during maneuvers resulting from slow increases in the fuel flow rate to the gas turbine. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0783034

Entities

People

  • Reidar Alvestad
  • Samuel H. Brown

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analog Computers
  • Engines
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Flow Rate
  • Gas Turbines
  • Mathematical Models
  • Models
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Ships
  • Simulations
  • Turbines

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Robotics and Automation.