An overview of the Berkeley Mobile Offshore Dynamic Positioning project

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2003

Authors

Anouck R. Girard (Author) Other; João Borges de Sousa (Author) FEUP; D. Empey (Author) Other; S. Spry (Author) Other; W. Webster (Author) Other; K. J. Hedrick (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings of Dynamic Positioning Conference(DPC2003)

Pages: 1-20

Dynamic Positioning Conference (DPC2003)

Santo António, Texas, EUA, 16 a 17 de Setembro de 2003

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Other engineering and technologies

CORDIS: Technological sciences

Other information

Abstract (EN): The Mobile Offshore Base (MOB) is a large, self-propelled, floating, pre-positioned ocean structure formed of three to five modules and reaching up to 1,500 meters in length. It must accommodate the landing and take-off of C-17 conventional aircraft, host 3000 troops, carry 10 million gallons of fuel and provide 3 million square feet of internal configurable storage. The alignment of the modules is maintained through the use of slew-able thrusters and/or connectors. The University of California at Berkeley’s involvement with the ONR Mobile Offshore Base project resulted in a three-year effort meant to provide insight into the design and architecture of coordinated DP systems (systems involving the DP of a structure or vessel relative to another floating ocean structure or vessel), a simulation environment in which different MOB concepts could be tested and evaluated, and an experimental scaled platform (1:150) on which the coordinated DP control algorithms were implemented and evaluated.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 20