Design and Simulation of Dynamic Positioning System for a U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tender

Abstract

This paper covers the design of a dynamic positioning system for the U.S. Coast Guard WLB IRIS class buoy tender. The control system design is based upon optimal control theory with estimates of position and heading provided by a steady state Kalman filter. Sea current estimates are provided by a Kalman filter predictor based upon the innovations process. The vessel and dynamic positioning system are simulated using the Dynamic Simulation Language (DSL). Keywords Dynamic positioning; Buoy tender; Kalman filter; Simulation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA220037

Entities

People

  • William R. Cairns

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bow Thrusters
  • Coast Guard
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Simulations
  • Control Systems
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Differential Equations
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Estimators
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Kalman Filters
  • Language
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Simulation Languages

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.