Proceedings of the Ship Control Systems Symposium (9th) Held in Bethesda, Maryland on 10-14 September 1990. Theme: Automation in Surface Ship Control Systems, Today's Applications and Future Trends. Volume 2

Abstract

Partial contents: Development of an expert system for navigation at sea; Knowledge based systems--the practical reality; Fault identification and restructurable control of Marine systems; Portable automatic control system for a ship with a controllable pitch propeller, a rudder and a bow thruster; Automatic navigator-included simulation for narrow, congested waterways; The maneuvering design workbook--an approach to controllability design; Technical considerations in ships control system procurement; Automation of warship power systems; Failure detection and control of an automatic control system in swath; Rudder roll stabilisation--a critical review; Path tracking of surface ships using multivariable sliding mode control; Simulation--an interface between theory and practice, elucidated with a ship's controllability study; propulsion control simulation using low-cost spreadsheet problems; performance assessment using real time simulation; diesel engine condition and performance monitoring; speed control or fuel control for motorships with fixed pitch propeller; State- space method for rapid simulation of piece-wise linear systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 14, 1990
Accession Number
ADA243317

Entities

Organizations

  • Naval Sea Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Control Systems Engineering
  • Databases
  • Engineers
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Marine Transportation
  • Mathematical Filters
  • Naval Architecture
  • Systems Engineering
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers