Żak, B. Optimization of ship’s trajectory in collision situation. (English) Zbl 1029.70012 J. Tech. Phys. 43, No. 1, 69-79 (2002). Summary: The paper presents a method to determine the minimum-time control of ships in a situation of collision with other objects afloat. It also includes the results of simulations conducted by this method. In particular, we study parallel approaching of a ship to an encountered object, i.e a situation typical of the collision of two ships. MSC: 70Q05 Control of mechanical systems 70E55 Dynamics of multibody systems 49N90 Applications of optimal control and differential games 70F35 Collision of rigid or pseudo-rigid bodies Keywords:parallel collision of two ships; minimum-time control PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{B. Żak}, J. Tech. Phys. 43, No. 1, 69--79 (2002; Zbl 1029.70012)