Simulink Modeling of a Marine Autopilot for TSSE Ship Designs.

Abstract

This thesis covers the design, simulation and analysis of a SIMULINK system designed to predict the maneuvering characteristics of the Total Ship System Engineering (TSSE) program's first proposed hull design. The system is developed in three degrees of freedom. The ship's hydrodynamic derivatives are predicted in MATLAB code, while the engine is modeled completely in a SIMULINK environment. To test the system's applicability, an underway replenishment scenario is used to simultaneously test the steering and engine control subsystems. Two controllers are employed in the system. The first is used to drive the ship in a fashion similar to that of a human conning officer during an underway replenishment. The other is a root locus design used to improve the engine's response.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA319246

Entities

People

  • Christopher A. Poor

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Simulations
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Engineering
  • Generators
  • Geometry
  • Marine Engineering
  • Mathematical Models
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Moment Of Inertia
  • Naval Architecture
  • Propeller Shafts
  • Replenishment
  • Ship Design
  • Simulations
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Turbines

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.