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In nautical navigation the relative bearing of an object is the clockwise angle from the heading of the vessel to a straight line drawn from the observation station on the vessel to the object. The relative bearing is measured with a pelorus or other optical and electronic aids to navigation such as a periscope, sonar system, and radar systems ...
[14] The speed and course of the target could be computed using the distance the target traveled over an interval of time. During the latter part of World War II, the speed of the target could be measured using radar data. Radar provided accurate bearing rate, range, and radial speed, which was converted to target course and speed.
N = bearing speed. This is the maximum amount of revolutions per minute (RPM) that the bearing will move. The DN factor of a bearing is obtained by multiplying the median diameter (A + B)/2 by RPM, and sometimes by a correction factor. [2] [6] This correction factor may vary from manufacturer to manufacturer.
Target angle is the relative bearing of the observing station from the vehicle being observed. It may be used to compute point-of-aim for a fire-control problem when vehicle range and speed can be estimated from other information.
By setting up the chase so that the predator either appears stationery relative to background while looming larger (real-point motion camouflage), or always appears at a fixed bearing (infinite-point motion camouflage), the predator reduces its chance of being detected.
Diagram showing principle of constant bearing, decreasing range in marine collision avoidance. When an observer sees another vessel at a constant bearing and the range continually decreases, collision is imminent. A ship seen to be on a constant bearing with decreasing range will collide with the observer's ship unless avoiding action is taken.
where η is the dynamic viscosity of the fluid, N is the entrainment speed of the fluid and P is the normal load per length of the tribological contact. Hersey's original formula uses the rotational speed (revolutions per unit time) for N and the load per projected area (i.e. the product of a journal bearing's length and diameter) for P.
In navigation, a radio beacon or radiobeacon is a kind of beacon, a device that marks a fixed location and allows direction-finding equipment to find relative bearing. But instead of employing visible light, radio beacons transmit electromagnetic radiation in the radio wave band. They are used for direction-finding systems on ships, aircraft ...