Aids to Navigation SRA Supplemental Experiment Principal Findings: Performance of Short Range Aids under Varied Shiphandling Conditions.

Abstract

This report describes an experiment planned as a component of the United States Coast Guard's Performance of Aids to Navigation Systems Project, Addendum. The purpose of this experiment was to supplement the visual experimental data that were used to develop the SRA/RA manual and to further extend it. The variables evaluated in this experiment include: ship size - a 30,000, 52,000 or 80,000 dwt vessel; ship speed - approximately 6 or 10 knots; channel width - 500 or 800 feet; buoy arrangement - 1, 2, or 3 buoys marking the turn, and gated buoys spaced at 5/8 or 1-1/4 nm intervals or staggered buoys spaced at 1-1/4 nm intervals along one side marking the straight legs; lightning conditions - day or night; and design environmental conditions of wind, current, and underkeel clearance. The data evaluated in this report will be used to modify the Draft SRA/RA Systems Manual for Restricted Waterways.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA148366

Entities

People

  • J. D. Moynehan
  • K. L. Marino
  • M. W. Smith

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Audiovisual Aids
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Coast Guard
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Data Displays
  • Host Computers
  • Information Science
  • Navigation
  • New York
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Research Facilities
  • Risk Factors
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Statistical Analysis
  • United States

Readers

  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Oceanography.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space