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Xiaori Gao, Lidong Wang, Zeyu Wu and Xiaodong Liu
The steady turning motion of merchant ships is modeled according to industry specifications. However, challenges arise when motorboats are modeled. This study proposes a novel data-driven multi-block fuzzy cognitive map (FCM) model trained based on sea t...
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Xinglin Yang, Junhu Zou, Qiang Lei, Xiaohui Lu and Zhenzhen Chen
Given the significant emissions from conventional marine diesel engines, many ship owners are increasingly turning to liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a cleaner energy alternative. In this study, a novel power generation system is proposed for LNG-fueled s...
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P. Pires da Silva, Serge Sutulo and C. Guedes Soares
Sensitivity analysis is applied to ship manoeuvring mathematical models as a means of dealing with model uncertainties, and often leads to model simplifications. A rather standard 3DOF manoeuvring model was tuned with the available results of full-scale ...
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Rong Zhen, Qiyong Gu, Ziqiang Shi and Yongfeng Suo
The influence of the maritime environment such as water currents, water depth, and traffic separation rules should be considered when conducting ship path planning. Additionally, the maneuverability constraints of the ship play a crucial role in navigati...
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Ji-Kang Chen, Guo-Dong Zhang and Wen-Yang Duan
Maritime traffic has increased considerably in recent years, making energy efficiency and navigation safety of ships more crucial than ever. Hence, a two-time scale model based on the Taylor expansion boundary element method (TEBEM) is proposed to predic...
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Changzhe Chen, Lu Zou, Zaojian Zou and Haipeng Guo
Propeller modeling in virtual captive model tests is crucial to the prediction accuracy of ship maneuvering motion. In the present study, the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method with two propeller modeling methods, Sliding Mesh (SM) and Multiple Re...
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Hua-Wei Sun, Jing-Lei Yang, Bo Liu, Hong-Wei Li, Jia-Feng Xiao and Han-Bing Sun
A mathematical model for predicting the maneuvering motion of a ship is constructed, using a planing craft with dual waterjet propulsion as the object of study. This model is based on the standard approach of the MMG (Maneuvering Modeling Group) and uses...
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Serdar Yildiz, Fatih Tonoglu, Özkan Ugurlu, Sean Loughney and Jin Wang
Narrow waterways are important connection hubs, also known as logistics transfer nodes, within maritime transport, where maritime traffic can become very dense and congested. Heavy traffic, unsuitable environmental conditions and human errors make narrow...
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Zhang Songtao and Zhao Peng
The rolling and heeling experienced by a ship during turning will be more severe under the interference of winds and waves, which will seriously affect the navigation safety of the ship. The fin stabilizer is currently the best active anti-rolling device...
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Gongxing Wu, Mingyuan Zhao, Yu Cong, ZhiWen Hu and Guofu Li
In the complex port environment, ship berthing manipulation is one of the most difficult operations. In this study, an algorithm of berthing and maneuvering was designed for a catamaran unmanned surface vehicle (USV), which is used for port patrol and pr...
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