Ensuring mooring line integrity by dynamic positioning: Controller design and experimental tests

Automatica

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1285-1290

  Berntsen, Per Ivar Barth ^a   Aamo, Ole Morten ^a   Leira, Bernt J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dynamic positioning; Marine systems; Nonlinear control design; Single point mooring; System reliability

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLER DESIGNS; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADS; EXPERIMENTAL TESTS; FUEL OPTIMAL; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MARINE SYSTEMS; MOORING LINES; MOORING SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR CONTROL DESIGN; POSITION MOORINGS; SAFETY REGIONS; SEVERE WEATHERS; SINGLE-POINT MOORING; SPREAD MOORING SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITIES; SURFACE VESSELS; SYSTEM RELIABILITY;

CONTROLLERS; DYNAMIC POSITIONING; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY;

MOORING;

EID: 65049090395     PISSN: 00051098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2008.12.019     Document Type: Article

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