ComFish Inspired Improvements

The ComFish expo was a great experience for me!  I’ve implemented two changes that directly relate to comments I got at ComFish.  First–you now have the option for audible alarms–you can chose to have my lovely voice nag you directly, or the sound of a pot being hit with a wood spoon.  (Hey, it’s a free app, I’m making my own sound effects!)  Second–I made this universal for iPads.  Many folks commented that they wished they had a bigger screen for this.  One option is to hook up your iPhone to a monitor using an Apple VGA adapter (this only works for iPhone 4S and iPad2 or newer devices), another option is to use an iPad.  So, now it should look quite a bit prettier on an iPad then it did before.

SCraMP v3.7

SCraMP 3.7 is in the app store (free, as always).  Based on user requests, v3.7 has a compass and heading information.  Also included, for my data acquisition users, is a choice of coordinate systems.  The API implementation by Apple is an earth fixed coordinate system (some of you may have noticed this if you were playing with the app at large angles), so now you have a choice of a body-fixed system (i.e., what roll/pitch/yaw usually mean to boat or airplane people) or the earth-fixed system.  Last, but certainly not least, the app now stores your preferences.  For example–enter your boat’s beam once and be done with it; no more having to enter that every time you re-launch the app and want to use the GM estimate!  As always, I’m eager to hear your feedback: scramp@vesseldynamics.com

Modal analysis of the ice-structure interaction problem

Venturella, M., Patil, M. and McCue, L., “Modal analysis of the ice-structure interaction problem,” Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Volume 133, Issue 4, 2011. Originally presented at the 27th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2008), Estoril, Portugal, June, 2008.

Concepts and conclusions from the 2010 Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute on Dynamics and Control of Manned and Unmanned Marine Vehicles

McCue, L., Sanjuan. M., and Hubbard, R., “Concepts and conclusions from the 2010 Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute on Dynamics and Control of Manned and Unmanned Marine Vehicles,” Ship Science and Technology/Ciencia y Tecnología de Buques, Volume 4, Number 7, July 2010.

Modeling, verification, and validation of chaotic systems with application to ship motions and the Lorenz oscillator

McCue, L.S., Wu, W., Story, W.R., and Xing, Z., “Modeling, verification, and validation of chaotic systems with application to ship motions and the Lorenz oscillator,” 2009 NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Honolulu, HI, June, 2009.

Rob Story, MS

W. Robert Story, MS thesis “Application of Lyapunov Exponents to Strange Attractors and Intact & Damaged Ship Stability,” successfully defended April 29, 2009. Recipient of the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools’ ETD Master’s Thesis Award in the “Innovative Application of Technology to Scholarship in a Master’s Thesis” category.  For more on Rob’s work, click on the tag ‘Story‘ on this site.

Discussion on analytical approaches to the study of vessel dynamics

Alford, L., Banik, A., Belenky, V., Ellermann, K., Hashimoto, H., Maki, A., McCue, L., Neves, M.A.S., Rodriguez, C., Troesch, A., Umeda, N., and Weems, K., “Discussion on analytical approaches to the study of vessel dynamics – Outcomes of the two part minisymposium at the 2007 SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems –” Marine Technology, 2008, Volume 45, Number 4, pp. 211-220.

A numerical feasibility study of a parametric roll advance warning system

McCue, L.S. and Bulian, G., “A numerical feasibility study of a parametric roll advance warning system,” Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 2007, Volume 129, Issue 3, pp. 165-175. Originally presented at the 25th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2006), Hamburg, Germany, June, 2006.

The instructional design and redesign of an undergraduate-level, simulator-based course on ‘Flight Test Techniques

Cotting, M.C., McCue, L.S., and Durham, W.C., “The instructional design and redesign of an undergraduate-level, simulator-based course on ‘Flight Test Techniques,’” ASEE Conference Paper No. AC2007-93, 2007 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 2007.