A concise account of techniques available for shipboard sea state estimation

UD Nielsen - Ocean Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
This article gives a review of techniques applied to make sea state estimation on the basis of
measured responses on a ship. The general concept of the procedures is similar to that of a …

Sea state estimation using multiple ships simultaneously as sailing wave buoys

UD Nielsen, AH Brodtkorb, AJ Sørensen - Applied Ocean Research, 2019 - Elsevier
The article presents initial ideas towards a network-based approach for sea state estimation
used for marine operations and other maritime applications. In principle, all available …

[HTML][HTML] Automatic sea state estimation with online trust measure based on ship response measurements

AH Brodtkorb, UD Nielsen - Control Engineering Practice, 2023 - Elsevier
The ever-changing sea state constitutes an integral part of situational awareness for vessels
at sea. In this paper, a computationally efficient sea state estimation algorithm is extended by …

Sea state estimation from an advancing ship–A comparative study using sea trial data

UD Nielsen, DC Stredulinsky - Applied Ocean Research, 2012 - Elsevier
Onboard sea state estimation is relevant for evaluation of ship operations at sea. Means to
obtain the sea state at a fixed position include a traditional wave rider buoy, where motion …

Estimation of wind sea and swell using shipboard measurements–a refined parametric modelling approach

N Montazeri, UD Nielsen, JJ Jensen - Applied Ocean Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Shipboard wave estimation has been of interest in recent years for the purpose of decision
support. In this paper, estimation of sea state is studied using ship responses and a …

Onboard monitoring of fatigue damage rates in the hull girder

UD Nielsen, JJ Jensen, PT Pedersen, Y Ito - Marine Structures, 2011 - Elsevier
Most new advanced ships have extensive data collection systems to be used for continuous
monitoring of engine and hull performance, for voyage performance evaluation etc. Such …

Online wave estimation using vessel motion measurements

AH Brodtkorb, UD Nielsen, AJ Sørensen - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, a computationally efficient online sea state estimation algorithm is proposed for
estimation of the onsite sea state. The algorithm finds the wave spectrum estimate from …

Estimating wave spectra from the motions of moored vessels: Experimental validation

AN Simos, EA Tannuri, JV Sparano, VLF Matos - Applied ocean research, 2010 - Elsevier
The practicability of estimating directional wave spectra based on a vessel's 1st order
response has been recently addressed by several researchers. Different alternatives …

A novel approach for navigational guidance of ships using onboard monitoring systems

UD Nielsen, JJ Jensen - Ocean Engineering, 2011 - Elsevier
A novel approach and conceptual ideas are outlined for risk-based navigational guidance of
ships using decision support systems in combination with onboard, in-service monitoring …

Evaluation of shipboard wave estimation techniques through model-scale experiments

UD Nielsen, R Galeazzi… - OCEANS 2016 …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The paper continues a study on the wave buoy analogy that uses shipboard measurements
to estimate sea states. In the present study, the wave buoy analogy is formulated directly in …