Steering gear

• Ship steering system is mechanism

that transmits power from the
steering engine to the rudder.

• Hydraulic system is made of Steering

gear rudder, stern planes, and tiller
 Principle of operations

• Hydraulic system
operate on Pascal law, P RES S URE =
Find P re s s ure

that states that –

Find F 2
FORCE/AREA

“Pressure in a fluid F
2= 200 lbf

acts equally in all A

1=20i
n 2

directions” F
1=20l
b f

2
A
1=2i
n
P re s s ure =
10 ps i

• and using the

(Shapelessness,
Incompressibility,
Transmission of force)
Properties of liquid
• Reservoir - Storage Tank
• Pressure source - Hydraulic pump (A-end)
• Pressure user - (B-end)
– Hydraulic motor - rotary motion
– Hydraulic cylinder - linear motion
• Piping systems
– valves, filters, heat exchangers
• Accumulator - stores pressurized oil
• Hydraulic fluid (normally oil)
 Method of operations
• Different method is use to connect the ram to the tiller, however
the same principle apply. An electro hydraulic steering system has
system that has the following components that work in a similar
way and principle.
• Electro-hydraulic Steering Gear
• Ram unit
– Tiller
– Cylinder
– Hand pump
– Follow-up Shaft
• Electro-hydraulic Steering Gear
• Power unit
– Electric motor
– Waterbury pump (A end)
– Transfer valves
– Remote steering unit
– Trick wheel
 Description and
specification of components
• A simple The steering system of the ship
has an arrangement where the pumps are
connected by piping to the cylinder,
• two pipes are connected to by multiported
valves
• and other pipe s from other pumps are
connected for bypassing
• and the ram is also connected to the tiller.
 Method of control
• Normal control from ship's bridge
– Utilizes remote electrical signal to control tilt-box position of
hydraulic pump
• Alternate control from after steering
– "Trick wheel” manually operated to control tilt-box angle
• Emergency control
– Hand pump - Manually pressurizes hydraulic fluid to take local
control of rudder
• The steering gear use oil as fluid and advantage non-
corrosive and superb lubrication give steering gear good
performance.
• Moreso it is convenient, flexible, variable speed control,
safety and reliability method of power transmission over
long distances, however backdrop lies leaks in high
pressure systems that pose a safety hazard
• and adequate oil filtration must be maintained
 Ships autopilot system
Background

• Control of ship movement started with use

of celestial observation - earlier ship fearer
stared with us of almanac, map, and
sextant, to invention of electrically driven
gyroscope and magnetic compass until
1911 when gyrocompass- autopilot system
which uses a control feedback was
invented.
 Principle of operations

• The auto plot system work on control three

term control law –proportional-integral-
derivative (PID).
• Simple autopilot system use a single input
single output control system where the
heading of the ship is measured by
gyrocompass.
• With introduction of control feedback
system the signal is fed back to the
computer PID (auto- pilot), which follow
commands of the software.
 Description and
specification of components
• Feedback system in auto plot system
maintain the following:
• Position data
• Rate of data
• Accumulation of error data

Autopilot
Pilot input Ruder servo Compass Heading angle
The autopilot system is complex system divided into
following components
The input –Connected from different sensor to the controller
• Gyrocompass
• GPS
• Wind sensor
• Human input
Outputs- To move vessel around to desired position
• Main propulsion
• Tunnel thrusters
• Azimuth
Controller- It is recommended for efficient control system
that autopilot system to have
• Good output feedback
• Good wave notch filtering
• And good integral action for compensation of wave drifts.
 Methods of control Course changing
– Here the input come from the pilot as a step command,
• the rudder is then rotated in the direction of the desired
course.
• The amount of heading change is determined by the
amplitude of the step command and heading
• and position of the pilot are determined by the
judgement of the helmsman.

Input comman
State

Desired response Controller

response Vessel
response

Controller
response
 TRACKEEPING:
• Here the control of the heading and the position
is done by the autopilot.
• It takes position information and calculates the
heading and correction in real-time to make the
vessel follow the prêdermined course.

Input command
state

Desired response Controller

response Vessel
response

Controller
response

Vessel position dataresponse

 Conclusion

• A good auto pilot can improve vessel

profit margin by reducing number of
ship personnel and fuel consumption.
the drawback remain with leak
associated the hydraulic system