This chapter describes methods for the design of guidance systems for marine craft. Open‐loop guidance systems for marine craft are used to generate a reference trajectory for time‐varying trajectory tracking or, alternatively, a path for time‐invariant path following. For a ship or an underwater vehicle, the guidance and control system usually consists of the following subsystems: attitude control system, and path‐following control system. The task of the path‐following controller is to keep the craft on the predescribed path with some predefined dynamics, for instance a speed control system by generating orders to the attitude control system. Guidance laws for target tracking can be used in marine operations such as underway replenishment operations and formation control. The chapter deals with the classical design methods using linear theory where the paths are generated using waypoints to connect straight lines between the waypoints. The chapter presents line‐of‐sight guidance laws that can be used together with course autopilots.
Guidance Systems
2021-06-01
56 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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