An Investigation into Safety of Passage of Large Tankers in the Puget Sound Area. Volume 1.

Abstract

A study was conducted at the Computer Aided Operations Research Facility to investigate the safety of passage of tankers through the Puget Sound area under maximum credible adverse environmental conditions. The study was conducted in two phases: off-line, using a computer program to simulate the performance of various size tankers, and on-line utilizing the CAORF simulator with human test subjects. In each phase, there were two types of runs: track keeping runs, and failed equipment runs. The track keeping results indicated that all ships were able to navigate safely under the extreme environmental conditions provided they maintained sufficient speed. The failed equipment runs indicated that tug support of ships was required to avoid grounding after suffering steering/propulsion failures. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA062084

Entities

People

  • J. Riek
  • S. Tenenbaum
  • W. Mcilroy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Data Analysis
  • Equations
  • Flight Training
  • New York
  • Operations Research
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Puget Sound
  • Research Facilities
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Tidal Currents
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Wind Direction

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

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