Feedback linearization design of a ship steering autopilot with saturating and slew rate limiting actuator

International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-30

  Tzeng, C Y ^a   Goodwin, G C ^b   Crisafulli, S ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c CICS Automation Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feedback linearization; Inversion by feedback; Non linear ship steering dynamics; Saturation; Slew rate limitation; Wave filtering

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; LINEARIZATION; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR FILTERING;

FEEDBACK INVERSION; SHIP STEERING AUTOPILOTS; SLEW RATE LIMITATION;

RUDDERS;

EID: 0033077373     PISSN: 08906327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1115(199902)13:1<23::AID-ACS532>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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