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Ferrari, V., Perera, L.P., Santos, F.P., Hinostroza, M.A., Sutulo, S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2015), “Initial experimental tests of a research-oriented self-running ship model”, Maritime Technology and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T.A. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 913-918
Initial experimental results of a guided scaled self-running model of a chemical tanker have been carried out in open air, on a small lake in a Lisbon park. A concise description of the model, of its instrumentation and of its control and data acquisition systems is presented, followed by a description of the attempted manoeuvres: the turning manoeuvre and a substitute for the zigzag. The presented plots of trajectories and time histories of some kinematic parameters demonstrate correct functioning of all hardware elements and of the model itself. At the same time, the results have revealed extreme sensitivity of the model even to wind and it was demonstrated that an unfavourable scale effect exists for the wind action. Conclusions are drawn and possibilities to overcome this problem are outlined.
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