• DocumentCode
    2267296
  • Title

    Robust path following of underactuated ships using Serret-Frenet frame

  • Author

    Do, K.D. ; Pan, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Mech. Eng., Western Australia Univ., Nedlands, WA, Australia
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    4-6 June 2003
  • Firstpage
    2000
  • Abstract
    This paper develops a controller that forces an underactuated surface ship to follow a predefined path at a constant forward speed controlled by the main thruster system under the presence of environmental disturbances induced by wave, wind and ocean-current. The proposed controllers are designed using Lyapunov´s Direct Method. A new stability result for nonlinear cascade systems with non-vanishing uncertainties is introduced to analyze closed-loop stability.
  • Keywords
    Lyapunov methods; cascade systems; closed loop systems; controllers; nonlinear control systems; position control; robust control; ships; stability; uncertain systems; Lyapunov direct method; Serret-Frenet frame; closed loop stability; controller; environmental disturbances; nonlinear cascade systems; nonvanishing uncertainties; ocean current; robust path; underactuated surface ships; Control systems; Force control; Kinematics; Linear feedback control systems; Marine vehicles; Robustness; Sea surface; Stability analysis; Trajectory; Vehicle dynamics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    American Control Conference, 2003. Proceedings of the 2003
  • ISSN
    0743-1619
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7896-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACC.2003.1243368
  • Filename
    1243368