The control of specific actuators for fast ferry vertical motion damping

The vertical motions of fast ships, which have a negative effect on comfort and safety, can be attenuated using moving actuators. There is the need of a control strategy to move the actuators in the most convenient way, considering several objectives. The paper considers this problem, studying a pra...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Girón Sierra, José María Ricardo, Katebi, R., Cruz García, Jesús Manuel de la, Esteban San Román, Segundo
Format: book part
Publication Date:2002
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repository:Docta Complutense
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/60863
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/60863
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:004
Ship Control
Marine Systems
Nonlinear Control
Multiobjective Optimization
Informática (Informática)
1203.17 Informática
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Summary:The vertical motions of fast ships, which have a negative effect on comfort and safety, can be attenuated using moving actuators. There is the need of a control strategy to move the actuators in the most convenient way, considering several objectives. The paper considers this problem, studying a practical real example. Experiments with a scaled down replica of a fast ferry has been done, first for modeling purposes and second for control studies. Linear control shows serious application problems. Taking this into consideration, a nonlinear control approach is devised, with satisfactory results.