Fig. 15 A chain of elemental passages and the route
Fig. 16 A planned maneuvers
Fig. 17 An enlarged copy of a part of the planned maneuver shown in Fig. 16.
(2) Planning a chain of Safe Waters
The above modified shortest path is only a chain of straight segments. A chain of continuous areas, along the modified shortest path, with margins of safety should be created. The area with the enough navigable width as a margin of safety is an elemental Safe Water. To keep safety margins of passages, the maximum navigable width of each Safe Water was searched. A chain of Safe Waters, which is shown in Fig. 14, was obtained.
(3) Planning a chain of elemental passages
In order to keep continuity of two passages and prevent a long way of passages, width of the outlet of the passage were set equivalent to width of the inlet of the next. A chain of continuous elemental passages was obtained. A route based on this chain of elemental passages, which keeps center of each passage, was proposed. Fig.15 shows the obtained elemental passages with a proposed route.
(4) Planning a chain of elemental maneuvers
According to the above-mentioned standard maneuvers, wheel over positions, rudder orders, telegraph orders and their positions were fixed on the above proposed route. Fig. 16 shows a chain of elemental maneuvers and maneuvering orders which was proposed finally. Fig. 17 is an enlarged copy of a part of the planned maneuvers shown in Fig. 16.
Fig. 18 Display image of the real-time maneuvering information support system
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The real-time maneuvering information support system in the shiphandling simulator |
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