Simulation to adjust the draft of RO-RO pontoon
HALUS Andrei, SEVERIN Irina, ACOMI Nicoleta
Abstract. Floating pontoon berthing facilities are used by RO-RO ships and ferries to provide temporary or semi-permanent docking and loading/unloading capabilities. In order to accommodate ships having various freeboards, especially during operating heavy weights, it may be necessary to adjust the draft of the pontoon. In this article, the authors propose a software for calculating the draft of a RO-RO pontoon that retrieve, process and transmit data for the operations of adjusting the draft using of a programmable logic controller. The RO-RO pontoon we are referring to has actually a manual operation of the ballast installation. The software is implemented and simulated using the Codesys application. By introducing the command system, the work performed by the human operator is automatically facilitated, reducing the number of workers, decreasing the risks following the wrong maneuvers performed by the operator. This study establishes the foundations for future experimental procedures.
Keywords
Codesys, Programmable Logic Controller, Ballast System, Computer Simulation
Published online 12/10/2024, 8 pages
Copyright © 2024 by the author(s)
Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA
Citation: HALUS Andrei, SEVERIN Irina, ACOMI Nicoleta, Simulation to adjust the draft of RO-RO pontoon, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 46, pp 346-353, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903377-45
The article was published as article 45 of the book Innovative Manufacturing Engineering and Energy
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