Ship design method
Description
Dutch shipbuilding has established a strong market position in the design and production of 'complex specials'. These 'service vessels' are designed to carry out demanding operations at sea. Well-known examples are tugs, patrol vessels, dredgers, pipe-layers, crane vessels and naval vessels. Such ships are characterised by the careful integration of operational systems, ship systems and hull form into one balanced ship configuration.
For good design, early identification and resolution of conflicts between design requirements is crucial. However, this is not easy.
A major reason for this is the lack of support from contemporary design software for rapid integration and evaluation of a wide range of feasible ship designs. As a result, analysing the impact of conflicting design requirements on the design becomes very time-consuming, hindering a balanced and well-founded design.
To address this problem, Bart van Oers has developed a design method to quickly generate a diverse collection of feasible ship designs in a PhD study funded by the Netherlands Defence Academy at TU Delft. This collection allows designers to quickly understand the impact of compromise decisions on the final design. Bart hopes to defend his thesis in 2011.
The lecture discusses the design method in detail. First, it explains how the design model can contribute to the concept design of complex 'service vessels' in general and naval vessels in particular. It then explains how the design model generates a diverse collection of feasible alternatives. It then describes how designers can use this collection to explore different design trade-offs before arriving at an informed compromise. The lecture will conclude with the results of two applications, one from civil shipbuilding and one from military shipbuilding. The lecture will be given in a personal capacity.
Prior to the lecture, the annual meeting will be held at 19.45
Speaker(s)
Bart van Oers, Defence Materiel Organisation, Sea Systems Ressort
Location
Lagerhuysch, faculty building 3mE
Mekelweg 2, Delft
Organiser
Maritime Engineering
Name and contact details for information
Erik-Jan de Ridder