DCDS DAMAGE CONTROL & DECISION SUPPORT

SCIENTIFIC, NAUTICAL, ELECTRIC, MEASURING AND CHECKING APPARATUS AND INSTRUMENTS, NAMELY DAMAGE STABILITY MONITORING/SIMULATING SYSTEM COMPRISED OF A LOADING COMPUTER, SOFTWARE FOR PERFORMING TIME DOMAIN SIMULATIONS AND INTERFACES TO LEVEL GAUGING AND DRAUGHT MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS; ELECTROPNEUMATIC LEVEL GAUGING SYSTEM COMPRISED OF ELECTRIC PRESSURE SENSORS, AIR FLOW SPEED CONTROLLERS AND PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS FOR MEASUREMENT AND COMMUNICATION PROCESSING; DYNAMIC DRAUGHT MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS USED FOR ON-LINE MEASUREMENT IN REAL TIME OF A SHIP'S FLOATING POSITION, DISPLACEMENT, DRAUGHT, TRIM, HEEL, AND DEFLECTION CONSISTING OF DYNAMIC SENSORS, THROUGH-HULL GAUGE, INTERFACES TO LOAD COMPUTER AND MACHINERY AUTOMATIONS, ALL FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ON STABILITY AND SAFETY CONDITIONS OF SHIPS; COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR THE CALCULATION, PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATION OF FLOATING POSITIONS OF SHIPS AND RELATED DATA CONCERNING DAMAGE STABILITY AND SAFETY CONDITIONS OF SHIPS