• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2023.11a
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• pp.100-102
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• 2023

항로추종성능은 자율운항선박(MASS)의 중요한 자율제어기능 중 하나이다. 이는 선박의 안전성을 보장하기 위해 중요하며, 자율운항선박의 설계 단계에서 사전 평가가 필수적이다. 본 연구는 자율운항선박의 항로추종성능 평가를 위한 전산유체역학(CFD) 모델과 LOS 알고리즘 연계 방안을 제안한다. 먼저, 자율운항선박의 정수 중 거리 이탈 편차를 이용한 항로 추종 성능 평가 모델 개발에 관하여 기술했다. 먼저, 항로 추종을 수행하는 선박 주변의 난류 흐름은 비압축성 뉴턴 유체의 가정하에 비정상 RANS(Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes) 법을 이용하여 수치적으로 계산되었다. 중첩격자계법을 CFD 모델에 적용함으로써 거리 이탈 편차를 이용하는 LOS(Line-of-Sight) 가이던스 알고리즘에 의한 타의 회전 및 이에 따른 선체의 6 자유도 움직임을 CFD 환경에서 구현하였다. 개발된 자유 항주 선박 CFD 모델을 이용하여 항로 추종 시뮬레이션 평가 결과, 설정된 항로에서 선박의 정수 중 항로 추종 제어는 파도, 조류, 및 바람과 같은 외부 교란의 부재로 LOS 알고리즘에 의한 우현/좌현 측 변침뿐만 아니라 직진 경로의 추종도 성공적으로 수행됨을 확인하였다. 선체, 프로펠러, 타의 복잡한 상호작용을 정도 높게 해석할 수 있는 자유 항주 선박 CFD 모델과 LOS 알고리즘의 결합은 자율운항선박의 항로 추종 성능 평가를 정량적으로 평가하는 데 기여할 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.47 no.6
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• pp.386-393
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• 2023

Recently, the demand for autonomous navigation technology has increased, and related research is also increasing. Autonomous ships generally follow the planned route, calculate the avoidance route according to the risk situation while sailing, and follow a calculated route. In general, an automatic steering device is used to follow the route, and among the operational automatic steering device methods, the route control mode is the most appropriate method to apply to autonomous ships. Therefore, in this study, we developed a route-tracking algorithm to apply an avoidance route using the navigation control mode of an automatic steering device. The algorithm was developed by dividing the straight and turning sections. A performance test was conducted to satisfy the performance suggested by IEC 62065, the relevant international standard, using simulator equipment that had acquired international certification to verify its performance. The results of the performance verification confirmed that the cross-track error, which represents the straight distance between the ship and the route, satisfied the performance standards suggested by IEC 62065 when the ship followed the route.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.47 no.1
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• pp.10-17
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• 2023

A series of studies on the development of autonomous surface ships have been promoted in domestic and foreign countries. One of the main technologies for the development of autonomous ships is path-following control, which is closely related to securing the safety of ships at sea. In this regard, the path-following performance of an autonomous ship should be first evaluated at the design stage. The main aim of this study was to develop a visual and quantitative evaluation method for the path-following control performance of an autonomous ship at the design stage. This evaluation technique was developed using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD)-based path-following control model together with a line-of-sight (LOS) guidance algorithm. CFD software was utilized to visualize waves around the ship, performing path-following control for visual evaluation. In addition, a quantitative evaluation was carried out using the difference between the desired and estimated yaw angles, as well as the distance difference between the planned and estimated trajectories. The results demonstrated that the ship experienced large deviations from the planned path near the waypoints while changing its course. It was also found that the fluid phenomena around the ship could be easily identified by visualizing the flow generated by the ship. It is expected that the evaluation method proposed in this study will contribute to the visual and quantitative evaluation of the path-following performance of autonomous ships at the design stage.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.308-309
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• 2016

This paper deals with ship's track keeping methods which is crucial part of automatic navigation control systems. In this paper, we mainly discuss the performance of different guidance methods including way point guidance, enclosure-based steering guidance and lookahead-based steering guidance system. As a controller, a PID control system is employed to control ship's rudder angle during track-keeping. Finally, the performance of three methods are discussed through some simulation results.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.760-769
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• 2006

This paper proposes an autopilot system using a fuzzy PID controller to satisfy performances required for the automatic navigation of ships under various marine circumstances. The existing autopilot system using a PD type controller has difficulties in eliminating a steady-state error and compensating nonlinear characteristics of ships. The autopilot system using the proposed fuzzy PID controller has a self-tuning ability, an ability to compensate nonlinear characteristics, and an ability to turn at constant angular velocity. Therefore. it can naturally make a steady-state error zero, compensate nonlinear dynamic effect of ships, have an adaptability to parameter variation owing to shallow water effect, and have an ability to turn ship's course rapidly without overshoot through procedures of acceleration, constant, and deceleration of angular velocity for large course-changing.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.920-927
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• 1998

This paper presents a synthetic control algorithm that generates the rudder command angle to track the optimal route which is composed of straight-lines among way-points with keeping a required error limit. The control algorithm comprises three main lgorithms that is a course-keeping algorithm that eliminates the yaw angle difference between optimal route and current route a track-keeping algorithm that tracks the optimal route among way-points and a turning-control algorithm that includes the generation of optimal turning routes and control method. The effectiveness of the proposed control algorithm is assured through computer simulation.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.32-34
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• 2011

본 논문은 최대전력추종 태양광 충전법을 적용한 LED 동기점멸등 제어시스템 설계 및 구현을 목표로 한다. 즉, 선박의 야간 안전항해를 돕기 위한 항로표지인 등부표에 장착되는 LED 동기점멸등의 구동제어 시스템, 최대전력추종 방식의 전류제어 벅 컨버터를 적용한 배터리 충전시스템의 설계 및 구현, 그리고 그 특성파악에 대해 중점적으로 다룬다. 시스템에 적용한 태양광 모듈의 모델링 및 MATLAB 시뮬레이션을 통해 추출한 태양전지 파라미터를 충전회로 시스템에 적용하여 최대전력추종 태양광 충전시스템을 설계하였다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 원칩 마이크로컨트롤러를 사용하여 최대전력추종(MPPT) 태양광 충전제어시스템과 GPS활용 LED 동기점멸등 구동제어시스템을 구현하여, 그 특성파악을 통한 실시스템 적용가능성을 확인하였다.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.859-866
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• 2022

Active disturbance rejection control is a method in which the disturbance is removed from the controller by estimating the state variable using the Luenberger observer. The Luenberger observer is estimated by defining a nonlinear term including disturbance with constant characteristics in a steady state as a state variable. It can be shown that the speed tracking performance is improved by compensating the estimated state variable to the PI controller and the IP controller. The disturbance removal performance of the tracking control can be confirmed by observing that the estimated state error is within 1.9 [%] in the case of load fluctuation and the steady-state state tracking error converges to zero.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2013.06a
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• pp.17-20
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• 2013

Many researches have been conducted in the field of constructing controllers for ships over 20 years. But still, ship automatic track-keeping controllers has not been designed for ship's automatic berthing as they considered nearly constant ship's speed. This study dealt with this problem to design track-keeping control on ship's model of SAE NURI using nonlinear mathematical expression. By using this control, the ship is auto track-kept in fare-way at reducing speed to anchorage place. The simulation results proved that this control can be adapted in ship's auto berthing in near future.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.79-80
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• 2023

본 연구에서는 자율운항선박이 복잡한 항계 내에서 다양한 해상 객체와의 충돌을 회피하기 위하여 계층적 경로 생성 기법을 연계하는 프레임워크를 제안한다. 항계 내에는 항로를 항행하는 선박 외에도 정박 영역 내 정박 또는 묘박 중인 선박뿐만 아니라 항로 표지나 부표와 같은 정적 객체들이 다양하게 분포되어 있다. 자율운항선박의 효율적 운항을 위해서는 운항 중에 조우하게 되는 객체의 정적/동적 속성에 따라 경로 생성 기법이 달리 적용되어야 한다. 본 연구에서 제안한 경로 생성 프레임워크는 항계 내의 정적 객체나 항행 가항 영역 및 항행 불가항 영역 등에 대한 위치 정보들은 사전적 정보로 활용 가능하므로, 샘플링 기반의 전역 경로 생성 기법을 적용하여, 초기 출발지에서 최종 목적지까지의 예상 경로를 생성한다. 그리고 생성된 전역 경로를 추종하며 운항하는 과정에서 조우하게 되는 동적 객체들과의 조우 상황별 국제해상 충돌예방규칙(COLREGs)을 고려한 지역 경로를 생성한다. 샘플링 기반의 전역 경로와 국소 영역에서의 충돌 회피를 위한 지역 경로를 연계하기 위한 계층적 경로 생성 프레임워크를 설계하고, 수치 시뮬레이션을 통해 제안한 프레임워크의 유용성을 검증하였다.