• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.462-469
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• 2019

In this study, a motion control problem for the vessels towed by tugboats or towing ships on the sea is considered. The towed vessels, such as barge ships, are used for several purposes. Generally, these vessels have no power propulsion system and are towed using ropes and towing vessel (tugboats). The basic mathematical model of the towed vessel in which three active rudders are attached was introduced from a previous study. Owing to the dependency of the motions of the towed vessel to the towing ship, a method is suggested to cope with the undesirable disturbance and improve the tracking performance. For the simulation study, a model of the towed vessel with a towing ship is made, and necessary physical parameters are identified from the experiment. For the defined and linearized model, a control system is designed, and the control performance is also evaluated. A simulation study is conducted and the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy is verified.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.943-956
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• 2020

In this study, the motion control problem of the vessel towed by a towing ship (tugboat) is considered. The non-powered towed ship is dragged by the towing ship. Even though the towed ship is equipped with propulsion systems, they cannot be used at low or constant speeds due to safety issues. In narrow canals, rivers, and busy harbor areas especially, where extreme tension is required during towing operation, the course stability of the towed vessel depends on the towing ship. Therefore, the authors propose a new control strategy in which the rudder system of the towed vessel is activated to provide its maneuverability. Based on the leader-follower system configuration, a nonlinear mathematical model is derived and a back-stepping control is designed. By simulation and experiment results with a comparison study, the usefulness and effectiveness of the proposed strategy are validated.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제54권4호
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• pp.343-352
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• 2018

In this study, a motion control problem for the vessels towed by tugboats or towing ships on the sea is considered. The towed vessel looks like the barge ship, which is used for many purposes. In these vessels, basically, the power propulsion system is not installed but just towed by a towing vessel such as tugboats with ropes and wires. It means that the motions of towed vessel are basically dependent on the tracking route of towing boat. Therefore, in some cases, undesirable and unpredictable motions may be made by environmental factors such as wave, wind attack and so on. As a result, a collision accident with others may occur during maneuvering situation. Based on these facts, the authors try to encourage the steering performance of the towed vessel by using controllable rudders without any propulsion system. In this study, especially, a controllable vessel with three rudders is considered, and a mathematical model is induced for the future study. The model is described as surge, sway motion and inertia moment by following the general representation method for the surface ship.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.12-23
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• 2021

In the conventional experiment to assess the towing operations, the towing stability of the towed vessel has been evaluated under the condition without lateral motion of the tug-boat. However, the tug-boats may have a lateral force to change the direction of the towed vessel. In this study, experiments have been conducted considering unsteady conditions in the towing system. First, a towing test system in a Circular Water Channel (CWC) using the conventional experimental method is built. Second, the towing characteristics of the towed vessel are investigated using the conventional method, and they are compared with other research results and stability discriminant criteria. Third, the lateral motion of the tug-boat was modeled as a sinusoidal motion using a forced oscillation device changing frequency and amplitude. Finally, the discussion is given in terms of both towing- and course-stability of the towed vessel according to the lateral motion of the tug-boat.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.637-642
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• 2013

본 연구는 피예인선의 거동을 결정짓는 예인선의 힘과 작용지점의 해석에 대해 언급하고 있다. 예인대상선박의 간략화된 동역학방정식을 바탕으로 선형화기법을 적용하여 목적으로 하는 피예인선의 자세와 위치를 달성하기 위한 예인력과 예인력이 가해져야 하는 지점을 도출하였다. 이를 위해 LQR제어기법을 적용하였으며, 수치적인 시뮬레이션을 수행하였다. 리카치방정식을 이용하여 피예인선의 자세제어를 위한 제어기 이득과 자세제어에 필요한 무게중심에서의 힘을 도출하였고, 도출한 힘과 예인지점의 역학적인 관계는 의사역행렬을 이용하여 구하였다. 이러한 해석기법을 바탕으로 피예인선을 초기위치로부터 목표위치로 예인할 때 예인지점 및 예인방식에 따른 예인력을 구할 수 있었다. 최종적으로 선박을 예인하기 위한 예인력은 예인지점과 방향에 밀접하게 연관되어 있는 것을 확인할 수 있었고 이러한 연구결과는 사고선박의 구난작업 시 예인선의 배치에도 적용이 가능할 것이다.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제56권3호
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• pp.238-245
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• 2020

In this study, a motion control problem for the vessel towed by towing ship on the sea is considered. The towed vessel does not have self-control capabilities such that its course stability totally depends on the towing ship. Especially, in the narrow canal, river and congested harbor area, extreme tension is required during the towing operation. The authors, therefore, propose a new control system design method in which the rudder is activated to provide its maneuverability. Based on the leader following system configuration, a nonlinear mathematical model is derived and a backstepping control is designed. By experiment results with nonlinear control framework, the usefulness and effectiveness of the proposed strategy are presented.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제13권1호통권31호
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• pp.18-22
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• 1999

One of the problem areas in designing a barge is its resistance and corese stability when it is towed by a tugboat. In this paper, as a part of design of a incinerating vessel, the results of some experimental studies on the effect of various kinds of anti-yawing skegs to the course keeping stability and on the additional resistance caused by them were summarized.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제36권8호
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• pp.607-612
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 선박의 예인 시 소요되는 예인마력을 추정하기 위한 예인저항과 예인삭에 걸리는 장력의 계산방법에 대해 언급하고 있다. 선박이 사고 등으로 인해 자력 운항이 불가할 경우 사고선박을 사고 장소로부터 안전한 곳으로 이동시켜야 하고, 이러한 작업을 수행하기 위해서는 선박을 예인하기 위한 예인선의 예인마력을 추정하여야 한다. 본 연구에서는 예인에 따라 발생하는 저항 성분을 바탕으로 예인저항을 추정하였고, 사용된 예인삭의 종류에 따른 부가저항과 예인삭의 중량에 비례하는 수직성분을 이용하여 예인삭에 걸리는 전체장력을 계산하였다. 아울러 예인삭의 부가저항 계산과정에서는 다양한 예인력에 대해 적용할 수 있도록 다항식맞춤법을 응용하였다. 최종적으로는 도출된 예인저항과 예인삭 장력을 계산할 수 있는 UI를 개발하여 계산에 필요한 각 항목을 손쉽게 입력하여 계산할 수 있도록 하였다.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.421-427
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 소형어선 및 예인선단의 해양사고 사례를 통해 선박의 규정된 등화 및 형상물로 오인할 수 있거나 그들의 특성 식별을 방해하는 등화 및 형상물 또는 적절한 경계(警戒)를 방해하는 등화 및 형상물의 문제점을 살펴보았다. 그리고 다음과 같이 선박의 등화 및 형상물에 관한 규칙을 규정하고 있는 국내법의 개정 필요성을 제시하고자 한다. 먼저 "총톤수 10톤 미만 소형어선의 구조 및 설비기준"은 소형어선이 "국제해상충돌예방규칙" 제26조 및 "해사안전법" 제84조에서 규정하고 있는 "어로에 종사하고 있는 선박"이 표시하여야 하는 등화 및 형상물을 비치하도록 개정하여야 한다. 둘째 소형어선의 항해등 및 레이더반사기에 관한 면제 규칙을 규정하고 있는 "어선설비기준"은 "해사안전법" 제20조의 규정을 충족하도록 개정하여야 한다. 셋째 "해사안전법" 제2조에서 규정하고 있는 "예인선열"의 정의는 "국제해상충돌예방규칙" 제24조의 규정을 충족하도록 개정하여야 한다. 또한 모든 항해사에게 해양사고 예방을 위하여 적절한 등화 및 형상물 표시의 중요성을 강조하고자 한다.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.58-65
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• 2016

Lately, tugboats are widely used to maneuver vessels by pushing or towing them where tugboats use rope. In order to correctly control the motion of tugboat and towed vessel, the dynamics of the towline would be well identified. In real application environment, the towing rope length changes and the towing load is not constant due to the various sizes of towed vessel. And there are many ropes made by many types of materials. It means that it is not easy to obtain rope dynamics, such that it is too difficult to satisfy the given control purpose by designing control system. Thus real time identification or adaptive control system design method may be a solution. However it is necessary to secure sufficient information about rope dynamics to obtain desirable control performance. In this paper, the authors try to have several rope dynamic models by changing the rope length to consider real application conditions. Among them, a representative model is selected and the others are considered as uncertain models which are considered in control system design. The authors design a robust control to cope with strong uncertain and nonlinear property included in the real plant. The designed control system based on robust control framework is evaluated by simulation.