Control and Stability of Ship Motions

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue focuses on control and stability of ship motions. Recently, the autonomous and unmanned surface ship technologies have been applied to the real world, facilitating the realization of some sophisticated ideas. However, in this time, we can not see the level of land side in this Special Issue. There are many reasons, the most critical being the environmental conditions. However, in the comprehensive point of view, some considerable results have been achieved, particularly following sea trials using autonomous vessels. The next step towards improving fully autonomous technology on the sea is to occupy the sophisticated or accurate motion control by providing useful methods including high level control theory.

This Special Issue explores the dynamics analysis and control system design of marine systems, including vessel motion control for:

• stable navigation and positioning;
• control problems on unmanned surface and underwater vehicles;
• propulsion system control and optimization for energy saving;
• control and measurement systems for autonomous ship;
• hybrid propulsion system for vessels;
• automation technologies for offshore and onshore plants;
• other control applications in marine systems.

Any articles from both academia and industry are welcome. This Special Issue aims to advance the field of motion control technology on marine vessels and related fields.

Prof. Dr. Young-Bok Kim
Prof. Dr. Nam-kyun Im
Guest Editors

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