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Layout of magnetic liquid compass

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1: glass cover
2: fitting for azimuth instrument
3: gasket
4: expansion ring
5: center of rotation (line through taps)
6: float (loading pivot pin with ≈ 100 g)
7: pivot pin (iridium)
8: ring magnet
9: compass card with gradation
10: lubber line
11: jewel/safire
12: bottom cover
13: filler plug
14: bridge for pivot pin
15: lead ring

floating:
- buoyancy
- damping

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Earth magnetic field:
Components

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Vectors:
T: direction and strength of earth magnetic field
V: vertical component
H: horizontal component
i: inclination

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What is the lubber line?

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Reference mark on the inside of the compass bowl

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Errors that may impair the reading of a magnetic compass?

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  • Parallax (lubber line close to compass card)
  • Collimation (misalignement of compass card and ring magnet)
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Requriements for a magnetic liquid compass?

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  • Stable reading
  • Sensitive
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How to achieve stable reading of a magnetic liquid compass?

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=> compass should not be brought out of balance easily:
1. strong (ring) magnet with poles far apart
2. different rolling periods of compass and ship
3. small friction between pivot pin and jewel
4. compass pivot must be in intersection of cardanic axes
5. spacing between compass card and housing
6. weight on pivot pin ≈ 100g

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Types of magnetism on board?

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Permanent: high tensile keeps magnetism => doesn’t change with course
Induced: milder steel sensitive to earth magnetic field => changes with heading

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Directive force on a magnetic compass

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H: horizontal component of earth magnetic field
S: horizontal component of entire disturbing field on board

=> H’ in direction of Nc (compass north)

=> angle H - H’: deviation

H/H’ ≈ 1
high altitudes: H smaller ; S constant => deviation ↑

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Compensating a compass

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  • magnets:
    P (fore/aft)
    Q (transverse)
    r (vertical)
  • weak iron:
    spheres
    flinders bar

Reason:
deviation < 5 degree
H’/H ≈ 1

Dutch ships: every 2 years, unless it can be demonstrated in compass book that continuously < 5 deg and ≈ 1

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Fluxgate compass: principle

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iron core(s) with 2 coils around it excitation snd sensing coils => the overlaying of the induced magnetic field over the earth’s magnetic field leads to a small current in the sensing coils, which can be read out.

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Advantages magnetic compass?

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+ independent of electricity
+ no electronics
+ problems easy visible
+ long MTBF

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Disadvantages magnetic compass?

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  • shows Nc => calculation to Nt necessary
  • directive forces decreases dramatically due to inclination in higher latitudes
  • can not be placed everywhere (steel vessel; engine; …)
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Different ways to take a bearing?

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  1. hands
  2. shadow pin
  3. notch and wire visor
  4. PELORUS
  5. Thomson instrument
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Different logs?

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  1. towing log (Cherub log)
  2. pressure log
  3. EM log (electromagnetic)
  4. doppler log
  5. sailing vessel log
  6. hand log (Dutchman’s log)
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Towing log:
principle and pro/cons

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rotation of log rotator is transferred via a line to the clock => distance

+ cheap
+ no electircity
+ easy to repair

  • inaccurate at low/high speeds
  • only usable in open water
  • vulnerable (seaweed, shartks)
  • distance measured => speed to be calculated
  • distance in water
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Pressure log:
principle and pro/cons

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measuring pressure differential between dynamic and static pressure in a tube => the pressure differential deflecting a membrane

static tube: ensuring similar pressure both sides of the membrane, if not making way; compensating for draft change

+ very precise
+ can give both speed and distance

  • inaccurate at low speed (low pressure differential)
  • restless when ship pitching
  • vulnerable in shallow waters
  • speed in water (not over ground)
  • measures only speed ahead (not astern)
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EM log:
principle and pros/cons

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in a probe, a magnetic field that is continuously switching poles is induced by vertical coils connected to AC
=> this magnetic field separates the ions in the water, which create a voltage differential measured by pick-ups (voltage differential is directly proportional to speed through water)

+ precise for all speeds
+ can measure forward and aft speed

  • measures speed through water
  • depends on AC electricity source
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Doppler log:
principle and pros/cons

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Principle: frequency shift when source and receiver of sound move closer - apart

300 kHz; 60 degree

when transmitting, the receiver is blocked

doppler shift = differential between transmitted and received frequency is measured (almost linear dependency between delta and speed)

Bottom track: upto 200 m depth

Water track: when the dopplerlog loses bottom contact, it will automatically switch to water track, where the water in 10-15m can also reflect the ultrasonic pulses. For this to happen, the receiver is also blocked shortly after receipt of the echo.

+ accurate at low speeds
+ in bottom track: SOG
+ wash does not affect reading

  • minimum UKC 1 m
  • air under transducer interferes with signal
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Echo sounder:
Calculation

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s = v * t
D = 1/2 * s

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Ultrasound in water

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Frequency used: 150-200 kHz

Speed: ~ 1,500 m/s

Depends on:
* Temperature
* Salinity
* (Pressure)

But max deviation: ~ 4%
Going into cold FW: careful!

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Impact on ultrasonic waves in water

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  1. Refraction: speed is different in layers of different density
  2. Reflection: e.g. boundary reflection between different layers
  3. Absorption: energy loss as waves promulgate through the water column
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Echo sounder echo:
strength depends on

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  1. water depth
  2. soil
  3. angle between sound beam and bottom
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Echo Sounder:
flow diagram

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transmitter = loudspeaker
receiver = microphone
oscillator sends 0 to CPU

Oscillator: Piezo (quarz) or artificial chrystal

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Echo sounders:
misreadings

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Pythagoras error (if transmitter/receiver separate)

Multiple (layered) echos: returning signal is reflected against hull and bounces back => turn down gain

Fish, airbubbles, layers of great temperature/salinity difference

Zero adjustment (UKC, water depth)

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Echosounder: Range Switch
Range, where the depth is expected. Always start with lowest range
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Echosounder: Gain Switch
Adjust to have only clearest echo recorded. Double echos (reflected) : 2nd (deeper) bottom echo will disappear if gain is tuned down a bit
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Echosounder: Zero Adjustment / Draft Setting
Used to add either the draft from the sensor to the keel to show UKC or add the draft from waterline to sensor to show water depth
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Echosounder: Pulse length
Duration between leading and tailing edge of the impulse => determines minimum draft that can be measured: D = 1/2 S with S = v* t
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em waves
300,000 km/s = 300 m / microsecond Reflection time: time between transmission/reception of echo at 1 NM wavelength: X (3cm = 9,000 MHz) : smaller horizontal beam angle with same size scanner; sharper image S (10cm = 3,000 MHz) wave length -> by design; not changeable
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Choosing radar range: Considerations
Purpose (fog, coastal navigation) Circumstances (coastal navigation, narrow channels)
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Radar Presentation
Relative: - not stabilized (HU) ~ Pelorus (true course + **clockwise angle** - stabilized: course up (CU) or north up (NU) True Motion
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Radar: Azimuthal magnification
**Horizontal beam angle** (= beamlets = time base) 0.5-2 degrees (depending on quality of scanner) => echos will be widened by 1/2 horizontal beam angle on either side => dots appear as arcs! => total angle magnification is 1/2 beam angle either side = 1 beam angle => take bearing through cente of echo
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Radar: Resolution in bearing
Minimum angle between 2 objects in same distance from scanner to give 2 separate echoes angle between 2 objects <, >, = **horizontal beam angle** / time base
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Radar: Resolution in range
minimum distance between 2 objects in same bearing, so we can still see 2 separate echoes Depends on **pulse length** => pulse length = pulse time * 300 m/microsecond …. e.g.: 30 m (for pulse time = 0.1 microseconds) => IF distance < **half pulse length** = 15 m => return signals of 30 m length overlap
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Radar: Blind Distance
Depends on: - height of scanner - vertical **beam angle**
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Radar: Sea Clutter
Increase the gain at Amplifier depending on time =distance from scanner: => **Swept Gain**
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Radar: Blind Sectors
Locate: On short range without sea clutter => if waves => easily detectable => note **clockwise angle bearing** Could move scanner higher, but - greater **sea echoes** - larger **blind distance** - more energy loss from scanner to display
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Radar: False echoes
- **side lobes** (< 1nm distance from object) => leads to arcs around actual echo - **multiple reflections** (like2nd depth of echosounder) - reflections from objects on own ship (slightly larger distance, different angle) - false echo from other time base (2nd trace)
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Radar: Adjusting
1. STDBY => ON 2. Brilliance 3. Gain 4. Tune 5. FRM / VRM (fixed/variable range marker) 6. Sea Clutter (if needed) 7. Rain Clutter (if needed)
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Radar: Take bearing
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GNSS systems
Global Navigation Satellite Systems 1. GPS 2. Beidou 3. Glonass 4. Galileo
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GPS: system components
1. Space segment 2. Control segment 3. User segment
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GNSS principle
GNSS receiver measures **runtime** needed for a signal from satellite to receiver => radius = **sphere** around each satellite => satellite clock and receiver clock are not synchronized = **clock error** => but because satellite atomic clocks are kept synchronized by **Master Control Station** the **distance errors** are similar for all satellites 24 satellites @ 20 km height with 12 hrs circulation period => need 4 satellites for 4 unknowns (lat, long; alt; clock error) => or 3 for ships (alt known) **MPP: Most Probable Position**
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GNSS datum transformation
100 different ellipsoids, to match the configuration of earth in different areas GNSS and chart must use same reference ellipsoid! Difference can be several 100 m
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GNSS risks and errors
1. Ionospheric disturbances (solar flares; atmospheric refraction) 2. clock errors 3. disturbing objects near receiver antenna 4. **Jamming** (system on board goes black) and **spoofing** (receiver is misled without being able to notice it) 5. datum transformation mistakes (ellipsoid)
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GNSS terms to know
COG; SOG VMG (velocity made good - towards target if tacking) BRG; DIST; TTG; ETA; XTE
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GNSS achieve higher accuracy
**DGPS** = landbased => fixed station sends corrections to vessels in 200-500km vicinity => since disabling SA (selective availability) today barely better than common GPS **SBAS=EGNOS=WAAS** (Satellite Based Augmented System) = satellite based => 25 ground based monitoring stations send corrections to Master Station and from there to Ground Earth Station, so the final correction comes from a satellite
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R95?
95% of time accuracy within 4 m
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GNSS: speed measurement
1. calculate speed from 2 **positions and time** between 2. Doppler frequency shift of incoming signal
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Ultrasonic sound (depth sounder/doppler log) Pros / Cons
Pros: - little impact from ship’s noise - sharper defined images - easier to bundle => smaller transducers Cons: absorbed more than audible sound
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Doppler Log: Configurations
1. Janus: forward/aft to compensate for **pitching** and **trim** 2. if adding 2 additional transducers => **transverse speed** can be measured
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Sudden, unexpected radar echo
Could be an echo from **another time base**. If you suspect a **second trace** echo, switch to higher range
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RACON
RAdarbeaCON IF RACON is hit by radar transmission, it returns À pulse. Visible as morse code on radar screen if RACON transmits on same frequency as our radar. Obvious identification in high traffic density. Typically: 3 cm
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SART
Search And Rescue Radar Transponder Has to be activated Range: 2 NM at sea level 10 NM at 1 m height Will give 12 dots on radar screen when hit by radar pulse. Scans wide range of radar frequencies.
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NU/CU/HU
**heading flash**
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AIS principles
Working on 2 VHF frequencies (87B; 88B) 4,500 AIS report slots/minute Not a collision avoidance system <=> only **decision support tool**
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AIS Objectives and Practice
Objectives: - improve **maritime safety** - protect **maritime environment** Practically: - **assist collision avoidance** - enable ports/states to **identify ships**
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AIS Information groups
1. **Static** data => pre-programmed 2. **Voyage** data => program pre-voyage (draft; cargo; destination/ETA; other) use **UN/LOCODE** : xx xxx>xx xxx 3. **Dynamic** data => from sensors
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Deviation depends on?
1. Course 2. distance to magnetic north 3. ships S
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Magnetic compass: Directive force
H’ depends on H and S
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Barometers advantages Ameroid (= disadvantages Mercury)
- easy to read - less vulnerable (glass, temperature) - not sensitive to ship’s motion - can be used as barograph
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AIS pro / con
PRO - no target swap - no line of sight required - no false echoes - more accurate CPA / TCPA - detailed info on targets CON - dependence on GNSS: - ionospheric disturbances - satellite clock error - jamming/spoofing

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