Simple trawl vessel

Simple vessel used for the trawl optimization tool.

Collaboration diagram for Simple trawl vessel:

Author

Karl-Johan Reite

Date

01.01.2006 KJR: Initial version.

Note

For the time being, the parameter Mesh needs to b set as "fhSpere", in the input file. The simple trawl vessel will be visualized as a white elliptical sphere.

Example configuration excerpt

<Lib 
   LibName                   = "fishery"
   SimObject                 = "Trawl/Vessel"
   Name                      = "V"
/>

Input Ports

Name	Width	Description
Heading	1	Heading of the vessel.
Vel	1	Velocity of the vessel.

Output Ports

Name	Width	Description
WarpPos1...WarpPos<NumWarps>	3	Description here.
WarpVel1...WarpVel<NumWarps>	3	Description here.
Pos	3	Description here.
Vel	3	Description here.
Heading	1	Description here.

Configuration parameters

Name	Width	Description
Length	1	Length of the vessel.
Breadth	1	Breadth of the vessel.
Draught	1	Draught/draft of the vessel.
ApSpeed	1	Description here.
NumWarps	1	Description here.
InitialSpeed	1	Initial speed of the vessel.
InitialHeading	1	Initial heading of the vessel.
LengthScale	1	Description here.
BreadthScale	1	Description here.
DepthScale	1	Description here.
MeshName	1	Name of the visualization mesh.
Pitch	1	Pitch of the vessel.
DeltaRenderPos	3	Description here.
WarpPosPrt	3	Description here.
WarpPosStb	3	Description here.

Initial conditions

Name	Width	Description
Pos	2	Initial position of the vessel.
Heading	1	Initial heading of the vessel.

Full example file

<Contents>
  <OBJECTS>
    <Lib
      LibName              = "environment"
      SimObject            = "Environment"
      Name                 = "Environment"
      Waves.NumWaves       = "0"
      Bathymetry.Depth     = "190"
      Current.Model        = "Constant"
      Current.Vector       = "1, 0, 0"
    />
    <Lib
      LibName              = "fishery"
      SimObject            = "Trawl/Vessel"
      Name                 = "V"
      MeshName             = "vessels/skrog01/skrog01"
       Length = "70"
       Breadth = "14"
       Depth = "7"
       LengthScale = "0.0014"
       BreadthScale = "0.007"
       DepthScale = "0.013"
    />
  </OBJECTS>
 
   <INTERCONNECTIONS>
    <Connection
      V.Heading              = "140"
      V.Vel                  = "10"
    />
  </INTERCONNECTIONS>
 
  <INITIALIZATION>
    <InitialCondition
      V.Pos     = "0,20"
      V.Heading = "140"
    />
  </INITIALIZATION>
 
  <SIMULATION>
    <Timing TStart="3000" TEnd="3000"/>
    <Integrator Method="RK45_i" NumCores="1" LogStates="0" UseRSSNorm="0">
      <StepControl Step="0.01" StepMax="0.2" StepMin="0.00000001" AbsTol="1e-3" RelTol="1e-3"/>
    </Integrator>
  </SIMULATION>
</Contents>

This SimObject is referred to as Trawl/Vessel