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Weeks Topics
1 Gyroscope, precession, heavy control, north seeking and damping. Fundamental principles of gyro and main units of gyro compass (demonstration of Sperry and Anschütz)
2 The gyro compass errors, transmission system and gyro repeaters. Gyro alarms, maintenance of gyro compass.
3 Steering control system, auto-pilot.
4 Sound in the water as acoustic physic, sound propagation in the water. Measuring depth, Echo Sounder and its working principles. False echoes, errors of sounding/echo sounder, and maintenance.
5 Speed measurement, speed logs and working principles.
6 Types of electromagnetic speed logs, propeller and pressure type of speed logs.
7 Doppler and acoustic logs. Operational principles of Doppler, the control of speed logs and maintenance.
8 Electromagnetic waves.
9 Hyperbolic Navigation System; RDF, LORAN structure and working principles.
10 Global Positioning System (GPS); components of satellite, earth and ship, working principles.
11 GPS receivers, DGPS system.
12 Other satellite navigation systems; GNSS, GLONASS, GALILEO.
13 IMO performance standards for electronic navigation equipment on the bridge.
14 IMO performance standards for electronic navigation equipment on the bridge. |