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A Simplified Simulation Model of Ship Navigation for Safety and Collision Avoidance in Heavy Traffic Areas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2017

Ming-Chung Fang ,
Kun-Yuan Tsai  and
Chih-Chung Fang
Ming-Chung Fang
Affiliation:
(Department of Systems and Naval Mechatronic Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)
Kun-Yuan Tsai*
Affiliation:
(Department of Systems and Naval Mechatronic Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)
Chih-Chung Fang
Affiliation:
(Department of Systems Engineering and Naval Architecture, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan)
*
(E-mail: P18031018@ncku.edu.tw)
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Abstract

Based on our previously developed ship collision avoidance steering system, this paper develops a more extensive collision avoidance decision-making system for non-uniformly moving ships. A real-time simulator based on the Six-Dimensional (6D) Manoeuvring Modelling Group (MMG) model is used to simulate the ship's motion. To validate the manoeuvring mathematical model, sea trial measurements of a container ship (C-3) have been selected. This study incorporates Nomoto's second-order model into a numerical model to calculate the turning characteristics of the ship. The manoeuvring indices of Nomoto's model are the knowledge base of the simplified ship simulation model. To verify the ship collision avoidance system with respect to different traffic factors, simple and complex collision avoidance cases have been designed in fast-time simulations with multi-ship encounter conditions. The simplified simulation model developed here can quickly determine the helm angle when the ship makes a collision avoidance manoeuvre, which is helpful for the safety of ship navigation in heavy traffic areas.

Keywords

Container ShipSea trialNomoto's second-order modelMulti-ship encounter

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Research Article
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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 71 , Issue 4 , July 2018 , pp. 837 - 860
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 2017 

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