The optimum control of thruster system for dynamically positioned vessels

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-110

  Liang, C C ^a   Cheng, W H ^b  

^a DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NAN JEON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Effective optimum control; Rotary azimuth thruster; Sequential quadratic method; Thruster system

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC POSITIONING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OCEAN STRUCTURES;

OPTIMUM CONTROL; THRUSTER SYSTEMS;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

CONTROL SYSTEM; POSITIONING CONTROL SYSTEM; SHIP TECHNOLOGY; THRUSTER MANOEUVRING SYSTEM; VESSEL;

CONTROL SYSTEM; POSITIONING SYSTEM; SHIP TECHNOLOGY; VESSEL;

EID: 0344287145     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-8018(03)00016-7     Document Type: Article

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