Desenvolvimento de sistema de sensoriamento de posição e atuação para posicionamento dinâmico de modelos reduzidos em tanque de provas. / Development of both sensing and actuation infra-structure for the performance evaluation of Dynamic Positioning Systems for reduced scale model of ships in towing tanks or offshore tanks.

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2005

RESUMO

The main objective of this work is the development of both sensing and actuation infra-structure for the performance evaluation of Dynamic Positioning Systems for reduced scale model of ships in towing tanks or offshore tanks. It describes the conception, design, implementation and tests of a range and orientation sensor system, as well as the hardware of the propellers used as the model actuators. The sensor system is based on the emission and reception of high frequency synchronized accoustic signals (ultra-sound). A 3-D spherical method based on the minimization of a quadratic measure of the error is used to estimate the position of the ship model. Furthermore the extended Kalman filter is also used. The difficulties found during the development of the project are presented as well as the solutions adopted to circumvent them. The experimental results obtained are discussed. In particular, the influence of both the local atmosphere and the lab environment on the performance of the sensor system are taken into account.

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sistemas de controle offshore tanks ultrasound control systems tanque de provas posicionamento dinâmico sensor ultra-sônico remote ultrasonic sensor sensoriamento remoto dynamic positioning systems ultra-som towing tanks

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