Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Zhang, Houxiang"
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A Benchmarking Framework for Control Methods of Maritime Cranes Based on the Functional Mockup Interface
Sanfilippo, Filippo; Hatledal, Lars Ivar; Pettersen, Kristin Ytterstad; Zhang, Houxiang (Journal article, 2017)A benchmark framework for advanced control methods of maritime cranes is presented based on the use of the functional mockup interface. The system integrates different manipulator models, all the corresponding hydraulic ... -
A bézier curve based ship trajectory optimization for close-range maritime operations
Li, Guoyuan; Zhang, Houxiang (Chapter, 2017)Ship maneuvering in close-range maritime operations is challenging for pilots, since they have to not only prevent the ship from collisions and compensate environmental impacts, but also steer it close to the target towards ... -
A Comprehensive Survey of Prognostics and Health Management based on Deep Learning for Autonomous Ships
Ellefsen, Andre; Ushakov, Sergey; Æsøy, Vilmar; Zhang, Houxiang (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The maritime industry widely expects to have autonomous and semiautonomous ships (autoships) in the near future. In order to operate and maintain complex and integrated systems in a safe, efficient, and cost-beneficial ... -
A data-driven sensitivity analysis approach for dynamically positioned vessels
Cheng, Xu; Skulstad, Robert; Li, Guoyuan; Chen, Shengyong; Hildre, Hans Petter; Zhang, Houxiang (Chapter, 2018) -
A decentralized sensor fusion approach to human fatigue monitoring in maritime operations
Ana, Mateus Sant’; Li, Guoyuan; Zhang, Houxiang (Chapter, 2019)Human fatigue is one of the main causes of accidents in maritime domain. How to use physiological data to estimate degree of human fatigue without medical domain knowledge is significant to the safety of tasks in maritime ... -
A Language and Platform Independent Co-Simulation Framework Based on the Functional Mock-Up Interface
Hatledal, Lars Ivar; Styve, Arne; Hovland, Geir; Zhang, Houxiang (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The main goal of the Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI) standard is to allow the sharing of simulation models across tools. To accomplish this, FMI relies on a combination of XML-files and compiled C-code packaged in a zip ... -
A Neural Network Approach to Control Allocation of Ships for Dynamic Positioning
Skulstad, Robert; Li, Guoyuan; Zhang, Houxiang; Fossen, Thor I. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Dynamic Positioning (DP) of ships is a control mode that seeks to maintain a specific position (stationkeeping) or perform low-speed maneuvers. In this paper, a static Neural Network (NN) is proposed for control allocation ... -
A Neural Network-Based Sensitivity Analysis Approach for Data-Driven Modeling of Ship Motion
Cheng, Xu; Li, Guoyuan; Skulstad, Robert; Chen, Shengyong; Hildre, Hans Petter; Zhang, Houxiang (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Researchers have been investigating data-driven modeling as a key way to achieve ship intelligence for years. This paper presents a novel data analysis approach to data-driven modeling of ship motion. We propose a global ... -
A Novel Low Cost ROV for Aquaculture Application
Osen, Ottar; Sandvik, Rolf-Inge; Berge Trygstad, Jørgen; Rogne, Vegard; Zhang, Houxiang (Chapter, 2017)Marine aquaculture is deeply rooted in Norwegian national economics and traditions, especially in the MØre og Romsdal region. This paper presents the development of a novel ROV for aquaculture inspection in marine application ... -
A Screw-less Solution for Snake-like Robot Assembly and Sensor Integration
Li, Guoyuan; Verdru, Peter; Li, Wei; Zhang, Houxiang; Gomez, Juan Gonzalez (Chapter, 2017)Assembly or repair of snake-like robots are often time consuming and low efficiency. This paper presents a novel approach for module improvement that can efficiently integrate sensors, micro-controllers and batteries into ... -
A Software Architecture for Simulation and Visualisation based on the Functional Mock-up Interface and Web Technologies
Hatledal, Lars Ivar; Schaathun, Hans Georg; Zhang, Houxiang (Chapter, 2015)This paper presents a software architecture for a collaborative virtual environment (CVE) for simulation and visualisation based on the Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI) for co-simulation and web technologies. FMI has ... -
A Step-wise Feature Selection Scheme for a Prognostics and Health Management System in Autonomous Ferry Crossing Operation
Cheng, Xu; Ellefsen, Andre; Li, Guoyuan; Holmeset, Finn Tore; Chen, Shengyong; Zhang, Houxiang (Chapter, 2019)Developing a reliable algorithm to detect faults automatically within critical components in autonomous ferries is essential for safe and cost-beneficial maritime operations. Autonomous ferries are equipped with hundreds ... -
A SVM-based Sensitivity Analysis Approach for Data-Driven Modeling of Ship Motion
Wang, Chunlin; Cheng, Xu; Chen, Shengyong; Li, Guoyuan; Zhang, Houxiang (Chapter, 2018)This paper presents a novel method that combines support vector machine (SVM) with sensitivity analysis (SA) to analyze sensor data for ship motion modeling. In order to investigate how each model input contributes to the ... -
A Voxel-Based Numerical Method for Computing and Visualising the Workspace of Offshore Cranes
Hatledal, Lars Ivar; Sanfilippo, Filippo; Chu, Yingguang; Zhang, Houxiang (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2015)Workspace computation and visualisation is one of the most important criteria in offshore crane design in terms of geometry dimensioning, installation feasibility and operational performance evaluation. This paper presents ... -
Adaptive Data-driven Predictor of Ship Maneuvering Motion Under Varying Ocean Environments
Wang, Tongtong; Skulstad, Robert; Kanazawa, Motoyasu; Hatledal, Lars Ivar; Li, Guoyuan; Zhang, Houxiang (Chapter, 2022)Modern marine vessels operate increasingly autonomously, enabled by the strong interaction between data acquisition and analysis. The data-driven technology has been widely applied and significantly benefits maritime ... -
An efficient neural-network based approach to automatic ship docking
Shuai, Yonghui; Li, Guoyuan; Cheng, Xu; Skulstad, Robert; Xu, jinshan; Liu, Honghai; Zhang, Houxiang (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Automatic ship docking is one of the applications of autonomous ships. How to realize autonomous low-speed maneuver under environmental disturbances for docking is the fundamental problem at present. This paper presents ... -
An Object-Oriented Modeling Approach to Virtual Prototyping of Marine Operation Systems Based on Functional Mock-Up Interface Co-Simulation
Chu, Yingguang; Hatledal, Lars Ivar; Æsøy, Vilmar; Ehlers, Sören; Zhang, Houxiang (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This paper presents an object-oriented modeling (OOM) approach to model development of marine operation systems, specifically the hydraulic systems of marine cranes. Benefited from the rapid development of computation ... -
An Unsupervised Reconstruction-Based Fault Detection Algorithm for Maritime Components
Ellefsen, Andre; Bjørlykhaug, Emil Dale; Æsøy, Vilmar; Zhang, Houxiang (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)In recent years, the reliability and safety requirements of ship systems have increased drastically. This has prompted a paradigm shift toward the development of prognostics and health management (PHM) approaches for these ... -
Analysis and evaluation of eye behavior for marine operation training - A pilot study
Mao, Runze; Li, Guoyuan; Hildre, Hans Petter; Zhang, Houxiang (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)his paper presents a new analysis approach for evaluating situation awareness in marine operation training. Taking advantage of eye tracking technology, the situation awareness reflected by visual attention can be visualized ... -
Automatic Fault Detection for Marine Diesel Engine Degradation in Autonomous Ferry Crossing Operation
Ellefsen, Andre; Cheng, Xu; Holmeset, Finn Tore; Ushakov, Sergey; Æsøy, Vilmar; Zhang, Houxiang (IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation;, Chapter, 2019)The maritime industry generally anticipates having semi-autonomous ferries in commercial use on the west coast of Norway by the end of this decade. In order to schedule maintenance operations of critical components in a ...