Dynamic positioning control of ships via relay observer design

Javier Moreno-Valenzuela, Leonardo Acho-Zuppa

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Abstract

A dynamically positioned ship maintains its position (fixed location or predetermined track) exclusively by means of active thrusters. In this paper, a control scheme for dynamic positioning control of ships using a relay observer design is presented. Our analysis relies on nonsmooth strict Lyapunov functions to demonstrate global asymptotic stability of the closed-loop system equilibrium. Using simulation results we illustrate the good performance of the proposed scheme under noisy ship position measurements.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)398-406
Number of pages9
JournalAsian Journal of Control
Volume6
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2004

Keywords

  • Asymptotic stability
  • Positioning control
  • Relay observers
  • Ships

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