The improvement of navigational simulator training performance for inland waterways navigators

Abstract

Nowadays, the issue of navigational safety support for the inland waterways navigation is very acute. However, it is much more difficult to make a safety assessment when navigating a river due to the limited systematic results of ship research in these navigational conditions. The most advanced method for navigational safety assessment when navigating in difficult navigational conditions is the use of mathematical modeling of the controlled of ship and towing barge motion, taking into account the effects of real hydrometeorological factors. In this work, the method of choosing a design vessel for navigational simulator training performance for inland waterways navigators using ship handling in difficult navigational conditions by means of mathematical models of the controlled motion of ships and towing barges. a similar method was used to determine a typical model for performing calculations using a navigation simulator as part of an international INFUTURE project. Verification of the results confirmed the high efficiency when using such methods.