Physical modeling of an automated ship’s list control system

Abstract

In order to implement and demonstrate all the processes associated with the real stability trial system on vessels, a ship’s model was made. The developed model consists of electrical and hardware parts. It is concluded that the model is applicable for the study of issues of automatic control of the ship’s list, simulating various loading options. Scalable loading studies of various types and sizes of cargo were carried out. The results of the study showed the correct operation of the model according to a specified algorithm. To work with the microcontroller and to code, the mathematical modeling environment Matlab/Simulink was used. The results of the study showed that the created control system is able to secure the vessel during various types of loading operations, speed up the loading process, thus reducing the time spent at the port stay and save port costs.