Maritime simulation center Warnemünde
The Maritime Simulation Center Warnemünde ( MSCW - Maritime Simulation Center Warnemünde ) is a simulation center in which a joint simulation of the nautical and technical ship operation can be carried out with the simultaneous inclusion of onshore monitoring by traffic control centers. It serves the training and further education of the seafaring personnel (particularly of ship officers) and offers a broad basis for the maritime research and development.
Location and structure
The MSCW is located on the campus of the Warnemünde Seafaring department of the University of Wismar and is part of the student training to become a ship officer. The employees of the simulation center are experienced navigators and technicians. You are at the same time an employee of the department and a member of the university.
The MSCW houses a total of three partial simulators, some of which can be coupled with one another:
- Ship Handling Simulator (SHS)
- Ship Engine Simulator (SES)
- Vessel Traffic Service Simulator (VTSS)
For each of the above In addition to the actual training area, partial simulators include an instructor area, an area for preparation and follow-up work and an area for instructorless training (self-study). A ship safety & security trainer is affiliated.
The technical basis of the MSCW is formed by networked computers based on client-server technology. Devices that are partly true to the original from a real ship are connected to the computers via appropriate interfaces. This enables an almost realistic simulation of the processes on board a ship.
Ship Command Simulator (SHS)
The ship handling simulator consists of a total of four simulated ship bridges including the visual simulation. Bridge 1 is a so-called full mission bridge with the appropriate bridge equipment and a 360 ° all-round view. Bridge 2 offers a 270 ° view and bridges 3 and 4 a foresight. On each bridge, the trainees can steer a so-called own ship. If there are own ships in the same of the (potentially three possible) exercises, they can interact with each other.
The ships and the corresponding sea area are loaded from the instructor room of the SHS. From here the foreign ships are steered, which otherwise move in the represented sea area. The instructor can also influence the environmental conditions (swell, currents, wind, etc.) and can simulate malfunctions in the ship's operation (failed navigation devices, faults in the machinery, etc.). The communication in the role of foreign ships and between land and ship is taken over by the instructor. He can follow the actions of the individual bridge crews via control monitors.
The evaluation of an exercise takes place in the follow-up room. Here every action of the trainees can be tracked in the exercise recording. In the instructorless training, the trainees can work independently on computers and steer a ship in the selected sea area.
The MSCW specialists develop new 3D ship models and 3D sea areas that are not yet available or revise them according to the requirements of the client (e.g. shipowners). In bridges 1 and 2, modern video projectors generate the visual simulation, while in bridges 3 and 4 computer monitors are used.
Ship engine simulator (SES)
A main propulsion system with all its supply and auxiliary systems is simulated in the ship engine simulator. It consists of an engine control room (MKR) and an engine room . In the MKR there is a machine console for the ship propulsion with its supply systems and a main switchboard for the producers and consumers of electrical energy. Operating consoles for a wide variety of systems and plants are housed in the machine room. Different two- and four-stroke marine diesel engines with fixed or variable pitch propeller drive can be simulated, so that one is not limited to one type of ship in the simulation.
More than 300 errors in the systems and facilities can be triggered from the SES instructor room. In addition, over 1000 physical values (e.g. sea water temperature, fuel quality, etc.) can be changed.
When operating independently of the other simulators, the instructor has a simple bridge console at his disposal, from which bridge commands can be given to the trainees in the MKR. In coupled mode with the SHS, the main engine system is controlled directly from bridge 1 of the SHS.
In the instructorless training, the full functionality of the main simulator can be loaded onto a computer so that self-study can be designed very effectively for a student.
As in the SHS, the follow-up room serves to evaluate a recorded exercise. If necessary, it is possible to jump to the corresponding point of an emergency situation in the exercise in order to give the action a new course from here.
The machine simulator can also be further developed thanks to the close connections to the manufacturer.
Simulator for traffic control centers (VTSS)
This simulator is used to simulate the operation of traffic control centers (Vessel Traffic Services, VTS). Traffic centers are used for monitoring and z. T. Control of maritime traffic. In Germany these facilities are operated by the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration . The VTS simulator is therefore the property of the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration and does not belong to the university; it was procured by the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration and is operated by the University's Maritime Department on behalf of the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration. It serves for the advanced training of the staff working in the traffic control centers. In the VTSS, up to 3 traffic control centers can be simulated in the respective areas with a simulated traffic situation and the prevailing environmental conditions. Generic interfaces are used at the trainee positions that can represent the essential functionality of the traffic control centers (e.g. target tracking, ship data processing). The training includes the recording of the situation, its assessment and decision-making up to interventions in the shipping traffic; One focus of the training is communication between the ship and the traffic control center.
history
The MSCW was set up and financed jointly by the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the WSV (part of the VTS simulator). The simulation center was built in 1997 by Bremen-based STN Atlas Elektronik and handed over to the then marine department of the University of Wismar in 1998. In 2007/2008 the SHS and the SES were renewed with new hardware and software from Rheinmetall Defense Electronics from Bremen. The renewal of the VTS simulator was completed in 2016.
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Coordinates: 54 ° 10 ′ 16 ″ N , 12 ° 4 ′ 54 ″ E