ACTIVE CONTROL OF SURFACE OCEAN SHIPS

水面舰艇的主动控制。本研究旨在针对具有非线性及不确定性的水面船舶，设计主动作动器（襟翼、鳍、舵）的非线性鲁棒自适应控制系统，以实现船舶的航向保持与航迹跟踪。研究的结果将导致非线性控制策略的发展，从而导致简单的实施和有效的控制器。这些控制器对环境干扰和不确定性具有鲁棒性，能够适应船舶和执行器的未知参数。只需调整几个控制增益。该项目的成功将大大提高澳大利亚造船业的国际竞争力。

ACTIVE CONTROL OF SURFACE OCEAN SHIPS. This research is to design nonlinear robust adaptive control systems using active actuators (flaps, fins and rudders) for course keeping and path tracking of surface ocean ships, which are inherently nonlinear and with uncertainties. The outcome of the research will lead to the development of non-linear control strategies, which result in simple-to-implement and effective controllers. These controllers are robust to the environmental disturbances and uncertainties, adapt to unknown parameters of the ship and actuators. Only a few control gains are required to be tuned. The success of this project will significantly increase the international competiveness of Australian shipbuilding industry.