Research Article

A Systematic Pipelaying Control Method Based on the Sliding Matrix for Dynamically Positioned Surface Vessels

Table 3

The waypoint table of the pipelaying operation.

No. (m) (m)Crab angle (degree)Speed (m/s)Turn radius (m)

100020
21000100002300
31000200002300
4200260002300
5500400002300
615004100020