• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.177-182
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• 2017

This paper describes an unscented Kalman filter approach to estimate the bias in magnetic field measurements. A microelectromechanical systems attitude heading reference system (MEMS AHRS) was used to measure the magnetic field, together with the acceleration and angular rate. A magnetic field is usually used for yaw detection, while the acceleration serves to detect the roll and pitch. Magnetic field measurements are vulnerable to distortion due to hard-iron effect and soft-iron effect. The bias in the measurement accounts for the hard-iron effect, and this paper focuses on an approach to estimate this bias. The proposed method is compared with other methods through experiments that implement the navigation of an underwater robot using an AHRS and Doppler velocity log. The results verify that the compensation of the bias by the proposed method improves the navigation performance more than or comparable to the compensation by other methods.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.43 no.5
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• pp.320-327
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• 2019

This study examined the port expansion plan for the fishery port at the east coast of Korea, in accordance with permission conditions for coastal ports such as a limit on the cargo volume and passenger demand for the coastal tourism belt formation. The site was chosen as a municipal coastal port attracting the new ocean industry and building waterfront zone as a hub of new marine tourism. Two different numerical models (Swan and Bouss 2D) were used. Before applying to the target sea area, some numerical tests were conducted for the variation according to Bouss-2D's strong/weak and nonlinear technique compared to the irregular diffraction of semi-infinite breakwater with a theoretical solution. As a result, there was a difference in strong nonlinearity with breaking waves and it was necessary to experiment with a strong nonlinear analysis technique for the actual site. Two numerical models were applied to the fishery port site and the tranquility of some alternatives were analyzed. The numerical results show the most suitable plan was ALT-1, with satisfied harbor tranquility and reasonable economic sense. The extension of the east breakwater and enlarged turning basin of the F-Land plan have brought generally more stable harbor tranquility than the ALT-1. The result can be used as a reference for the port expansion plan in the future.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.43 no.5
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• pp.328-334
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• 2019

Underwater architecture in providing a comfortable living space underwater is mandated to survive prevailing environmental loads, especially hydrostatic ambient water pressure exerted on the structure of individual habitat hulls at depth and hydrodynamic fluctuation of external forces that perturb the postural equilibrium and mooring stability of the underwater housing system, for which the design including the hull shape and mooring system constraint the responses. In this study, the postural stability of a proposed underwater floating housing system with three vertically connected ellipsoidal-shape habitat hulls of different sizes are theorized and calculated for hydrostatic stability, using MATLAB in the volumetric integration of a hull and the weight of operational loads under assumed scenarios. The assumptions made in the numerical method to estimate the stability of the habitat system include the fixed weight of the hulls, and their adjustable loads within operational limits for the set meteorological oceanic conditions. The purpose of this study was to numerically manipulate a) The buoyancy and b) The adjusted center of mass of the system within the range of designed external and internal load changes, by which the effective mooring system capability and postural equilibrium requirements were argued with the quantitative analysis.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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• v.55 no.3
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• pp.273-283
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• 2019

The authors has predicted the maneuvering characteristics of a fishing vessel in deep water using Kijima's empirical formula in a previous study. Since the Kijima's empirical formula was developed by a regression analysis of merchant vessels which have dimensions ($C_b$, L/B, etc.) that are different from those of fishing vessels, it was possible to make a prediction approximately even with inaccurate estimation. In this study, the authors estimated the turning-motion characteristics of a model ship of fisheries training ship in shallow water based on the results of its previous study. The turning-motion characteristics of the model ship in shallow water was found out through quantitative analysis according to the water depth to ship draft ratio (H/d). In conclusion, the turning-motion characteristics of the model ship had significant changes immediately after an H/d 1.5, and this result will be helpful for sailing in shallow water.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2022.11a
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• pp.263-264
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• 2022

전 세계적으로 자율운항선박 관련 연구가 활발히 수행되고 있으며, 자율운항선박 관련 개발 기술에 대한 시험평가 기술의 개발도 그 필요성이 부각되고 있다. 이와 같은 자율운항선박 관련 개발 기술에 대한 시험평가와 관련하여 현재 다부처사업으로 진행 중인 자율운항선박 기술개발사업에서는 자율운항선박에 탑재되는 장비 또는 알고리즘의 성능을 검증하기 위한 플랫폼으로 시뮬레이션 기반 테스트베드(Simulation-based testbed for autonomous ship, S-TAS)를 개발하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 시뮬레이션 기반 테스트베드의 활용을 위하여 자율운항시스템 구성요소 중 안전운항시스템과 경제운항시스템을 검증하기 위한 시뮬레이션 기반 시나리오 운용기능을 설계하였으며, 향후 개발되는 자율운항시스템을 위한 시나리오 운용 기술의 개발 및 연구를 수행할 예정이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2023.11a
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• pp.230-231
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• 2023

This study proposes a deep reinforcement learning-based algorithm to automatically generate a ship's passage plan. First, Busan Port and Gwangyang Port were selected as target areas, and a container ship with a draft of 16m was designated as the target vessel. The experimental results showed that the ship's passage plan generated using deep reinforcement learning was more efficient than the Q-learning-based algorithm used in previous research. This algorithm presents a method to generate a ship's passage plan automatically and can contribute to improving maritime safety and efficiency.

• Journal of Korean Port Research
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.111-116
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• 1992

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.29 no.3 s.99
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• pp.275-282
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• 2005

The year 2003 is the centennial of the birth of the modem lighthouse in Korea the lighthouse was originally surrounded by a beautiful nature and it contains the romantic sensitivity which relates with the ocean. And in some case it is a environment-friendly architectural facility which uses a alternative energy like a solar cell. Now the properly developed manned lighthouse is not only functioning as a traditional aids to navigation for the vessel, but also it becomes the new facility and space for all civilians who might visit and experience. If we want to vitalize the traditional lighthouse into water-familiar space, we must reconsider the facilities, various operational programs and the institutions for future-oriented development. For this situation we intended to reveal in this study that all the issues which relate to the proper use of the manned lighthouses in the whole country, since the project of water-familiar space started by MOMAF.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.509-514
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• 2007

The importance of the GPS is becoming larger and larger since it is one of the Global Navigation Satellite Systems and is regarded as a national infrastructure in the field positioning and timing Nowadays many researches avoiding and/or minimizing economic loss caused by unexpected fault of the GPS are being carried out because GPS fault can give a large impact on social security system as well as economic system NDGPS network which has been authorized by the Ministry of Marine and Fisheries provides services for marine users and evolved into a national infrastructure for GNSS users. Many researchers and engineers are doing research work in order to apply the NDGPS network to other fields. From this trend, it can be expected that the integrity and related functions for the NDGPS users will become more important than before. This paper analyzes integrity informations about the real GNSS fault and proposes method on integrity monitoring improvement of the DGPS reference station.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2017.11a
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• pp.193-195
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• 2017

This paper focuses on development status of eLoran system which is an representative backup PNT system in order to overcome the vulnerability of GNSS signals by radio frequency interference such as jamming. eLoran testbed system consists of new transmitting system for amplifying the signal through signal generation and modulation, differential Loran (dLoran) reference stations for calculating the signal errors received from transmitters, an integrated operation and control system (IOCS) for eLoran service. Therefore we present the configuration of testbed architecture for trial operation of eLoran service and the development status, and discuss about the next step toward backup PNT service using eLoran system.