A Design Methodology for Adaptive Open-Seas Course-Keeping Control of Containerships (Adaptive, Steering, Ship)

During the seventies, the greatly increased price of fuel oil and substantial over-capacity in available tonnage of the world's merchant shipping have combined to cause a major problem for the maritime industry. This has stimulated an increasing interest in research on autopilots for ships. Much of this research effort is directed to the problem of automatic steering of merchant ships to minimize propulsion losses. The recent availability of small and inexpensive microprocessor-based digital computers enables practical application of modern, optimal, and adaptive control strategies.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Mechanical Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Tugcu, Ahmet Kemal

• Engineering, Mechanical

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8502326

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70126