Automation for the Maritime Industries
Edited by
J Aranda
Departamento de Informática y Automática
UNED. Madrid
M A Armada
Instituto de Automática Industrial
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
J M de la Cruz
Facultad de Ciencias Físicas
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
ISBN: 84-609-3315-6, 1st edition, November 2004.
AUTOMAR Thematic Network (MEC, DPI2002-10620-E)
was aiming to foster Spanish research and innovation activity in the maritime
industrial sector in order to strengthen their role in Europe. During this
time many activities have been carried out, and all the partners have actively
contributed. This book collects in its 14 Chapters excellent, state of the
art, contributions that show clearly the high level of scientific knowledge
in this field reached by Spanish RTD, both at the Universities and at the
Research Institutions.
It can be expected that the book content will serve to promote the knowledge
and applications of the complex control and mechatronic systems at present
under development in Spain, and it will also serve as a sound background for
those young scientists entering in this exciting fiel of automation of the
maritime industries.
Contents
Preface
Joaquín Aranda, Manuel A. Armada, Jesús M. de la Cruz
Chapter 1
Advances on Mechanical and Thermal Load Monitoring Applied to Marine Diesel
Engines
Ramón Ferreiro García, Manuel Haro Casado
Chapter 2
Ship pedestrian flow simulation. The Sifbup-S application.
A. López Piñeiro, F. Pérez Arribas, R. Donoso Morillo-V.,
R. Torres Fernández
Chapter 3
Evolutionary computation in a multiobjective problem for autonomous underwater
vehicle
trajectories
J. M. Giron-Sierra, J. Fernandez-Prisuelos, B. Andres-Toro, J.M. De la
Cruz
and J.M. Riola
Chapter 4
An Overview about Dynamic Positioning of Ships
Joaquín Aranda, José Manuel Díaz, Sebastián
Dormido Canto, Rocío Muñoz, Carlos Hernández
Cuesta
Chapter 5
Two Ships Towing Together; A Cooperation Scenario in a Marine Environment
J.M. Giron-Sierra, J. Jiménez, A. Dominguez, J.M. Riola, J.M. de
la Cruz, B. de Andres-Toro
Chapter 6
A Seakeeping Laboratory for Experimental Control Tests
José María Riola Rodríguez
Chapter 7
About Identification of Mathematical Models for High Speed Crafts
Rocio Muñoz Mansilla, Joaquín Aranda Almansa, Sebastián
Dormido Bencomo, José Manuel
Díaz, Sebastián Dormido Canto
Chapter 8
A Research on Predicting and Avoiding Seasickness
S. Esteban, J. Recas, J.M. Giron-Sierra, J.M. de la Cruz, J.M. Riola,
Chapter 9
A Legged Robot for Ship Building Applications
P. Gonzalez de Santos, E. Garcia, M. A. Armada
Chapter 10
Ship Steering Control
F. J. Velasco, E. López, T. M. Rueda, E. Moyano
Chapter 11
URIS: Underwater Robotic Intelligent System
J. Batlle, P. Ridao, R. Garcia, M. Carreras, X. Cufí, A. El-Fakdi,
D. Ribas, T. Nicosevici, E.
Batlle, G. Oliver, A. Ortiz, J. Antich
Chapter 12
Research in Underwater Robotics in the Automatic Control Department at
the Technical
University of Catalonia
Josep Amat, Alícia Casals, Alexandre Monferrer, Luis M. Muñoz,
Manel Frigola, Josep
Fernandez, Oriol Escoté, Xavier Giralt
Chapter 13
Underwater robot of variable geometry based on the Stewart-Gough parallel
platform:
Conception and hydrodynamic modeling
Roque J. Saltarén, Rafael Aracil, Víctor M. García
Chapter 14
Climbing Robots for the Maritime Industries
M Armada, M Prieto, T Akinfiev, R Fernández, P González De
Santos, E García, H Montes, S
Nabulsi, R Ponticelli, J Sarriá, C. Salinas, J Estremera, S Ros,
J Grieco, G Fernandez
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