基于CFD的集装箱船阻力性能优化

基于CFD方法实现船体型线的自动优化。应用船型参数化建模方法分析特征参数,提取设计变量,以兴波阻力最小为目标,分别采用Sobol算法和Tsearch算法实现船体型线的自动优化。将上述方法应用于5 100 TEU集装箱船的型线自动优化,运用Shipflow软件进行CFD数值计算。评估结果表明优化船型在弗劳德数Fr=0.26时总阻力减少3.62%,说明该方法可行。     

基于CFD的46 000 t油船型线优化设计

为适应国际海事组织船舶能效设计指数对绿色船舶的要求,以46 000 t油船为例,采用CAD软件FRIENDSHIP对船舶进行参数化建模,同时集成CFD软件Shipflow,搭建船型优化平台,实现参数化船型自动生成、性能计算及优化,获得阻力性能较好的船型。研究结果表明：所采用的46 000 t油船型线优化方法具有可行性,可为46 000 t油船型线设计提供参考。该研究方法可实现仿真驱动设计,对缩短设计周期具有重要意义。     

A study on the preliminary ship design method using deterministic approach and probabilistic approach including hull form

This paper describes a preliminary ship design method using deterministic approach and probabilistic approach in the process of hull form design. In the deterministic approach, an interdisciplinary ship design method integrates principal dimension decisions and hull form variations in the preliminary ship design stage. Integrated ship design, as presented in this paper, has the distinctive feature that these parameters are evaluated simultaneously. Conversely, in sequential design, which is based on the traditional preliminary ship design process, hull form designs and principal dimension decisions are determined separately and sequentially. The current study adopts the first method to enhance the design quality in the early design stage. Furthermore, a probabilistic approach is applied to ship design to resolve uncertainties in design information more efficiently than a deterministic approach would.     

基于正交试验的空间绳网展开参数灵敏度分析

空间绳网的展开效果是空间绳网捕获任务成功的关键所在,而空间绳网展开效果的性能指标和设计参数都数目较多,且单次仿真试验耗时较长,为了避免进行耗时极长的全析因仿真试验,考虑采用正交试验设计方法以减少试验次数.本文针对影响空间绳网展开效果的设计参数开展了灵敏度分析,首先提出了空间绳网展开的性能指标和设计参数,然后基于正交试验设计安排仿真试验,获得了正交试验结果,最后综合运用极差法和方差法,对正交试验结果的各项性能指标依次进行了参数灵敏度分析.通过本文研究,精简了设计参数和待优化的性能指标的个数,为下一步的空间绳网展开参数优化设计打好了基础.     

参数化的船体结构特征造型设计

利用AutoCAD2000平台的ObjectARX开发环境,采用面向对象的设计思想,将船体结构分成弦侧、船底、甲板和舱壁4部分,实现参数化,建立特征类及相应构件间的约束关系,设计三维船体结构特征造型。     

Improvement of ship design practice using a 3D CAD model of a hull structure

At the initial stage of ship design, a hull structural model, that is, a 3D CAD model of a hull structure is not generated by the existing shipbuilding CAD system because it is time-consuming and requires much effort. Without the hull structural model, a designer must manually calculate the production material information of a building block by using 2D drawings, parent ship data, and design experiences at the initial planning and scheduling stages. At the initial stage of hull structural analysis, the designer manually generates a structural analysis model, that is, a finite element model of the hull structure. Moreover, the piping model, that is a 3D CAD model of the pipes in the hull structure, is generated independently of the hull structural model at the detailed design stage. To lighten the burden imposed on the designer, we developed an initial hull structural modeling system in our previous study. Using this system, a designer can rapidly and easily generate the hull structural model at the initial stage of design. In this study, the generation methods of the production material information of a building block, the structural analysis model, and the piping model based on the hull structural model are developed. The applicability of the developed methods are demonstrated by applying them to a deadweight 300,000 ton very large crude oil carrier (VLCC). The results show that the developed methods can quickly generate the corresponding information or models at the initial design stage.     

Assessing local structural identifiability for environmental models

The local structural identifiability problem is investigated for the general case and demonstrated for a well-known microbial degradation model that includes 13 unknown parameters and 3 additional states. We address the identifiability question using a novel algorithm that can be used for large models with many parameters to be identified. A key ingredient in the analysis is the application of a singular value decomposition of the normalized parametric output sensitivity matrix that is obtained through a simple model integration. The SVD results are further analysed and verified in a complementary symbolic computation. It is especially the swiftness and accuracy of the suggested method that we consider to be a substantial advantage in comparison to existing methods for a structural identifiability analysis. The method also opens, in a natural way, the analysis of (parametric) uncertainty in general, and this is demonstrated in more detail in the results section.     

Computer-Aided Ship Design at MarAd

The preliminary design process for a ship, which involves an iterative series of calculations based upon a data base that describes the hull shape, is a natural for design automation. Figure 1 illustrates the spiralling nature of the design verification from basic requirements to final design of the ship and indicates the sequential nature of the calculations.     

A development of data structure and mesh generation algorithm for whole ship analysis modeling system

In the whole ship structure and vibration analysis, the FEA (finite element analysis) model of whole ship structure is required in the early design stage before the 3D CAD model is defined. Because ship structure has a complex curved surface, and many associated structural members, the whole ship analysis modeling job has become a time consuming job. For the effective support of the whole ship analysis modeling, a method to generate the analysis model using initial design information within the ship design process, hull form offset data and compartment data, is developed. To easily handle initial design information and FE model information, a flexible data structure is proposed. An automatic quadrilateral mesh generation algorithm using initial design information to satisfy the constraints imposed by the ship structure is also proposed. With the proposed data structure and mesh generation algorithm, whole ship analysis modeling job for various ship types can be effectively supported and these results are presented.     

基于非均匀B样条的船体型线设计软件的研究与应用

文章主要通过对船舶型线设计和非均匀B样条特性的研究,结合船舶型线设计软件,提出了非均匀B样条在船舶型线设计中的应用方法和原理,并提供了必要的数学证明。首先,讨论了利用曲线的分段连接点与控制点或控制多边形的边对应关系,确定非均匀B样条节点矢量的方法,从而解决了用非均匀B样条生成型线的先决问题;其次,提出了K次非均匀B样条曲线的节点插值方法,并讨论了在非封闭曲线和封闭曲线条件下如何反算样条曲线控制点的数学方法;然后,提出了r阶非均匀B样条的导矢算法;最后提出了国内船舶型线辅助设计软件有待进一步研究和发展的一些看法。     

基于知识库的船舶结构设计系统研发

基于船舶结构构件知识表达与组织机构的研究,结合数字化设计技术与 RPD 开发思想,提出支持快速设计的结构模型库的概念及其组织结构。利用知识表达建立 船舶的类型库,以模型库来封装船体结构数字设计功能,用分布式数据库管理船舶信息,并 以此开发了原型软件系统,实现了全船结构三维实体模型的快速设计和修改,通过一艘实船 模型的建立得到了验证。     

Development of a simple model for batch and boundary information updation for a similar ship’s block model

In early 2000,large domestic shipyards introduced shipbuilding 3D computer-aided design (CAD) to the hull production design process to define manufacturing and assembly information.The production design process accounts for most of the man-hours (M/H) of the entire design process and is closely connected to yard production because designs must take into account the production schedule of the shipyard,the current state of the dock needed to mount the ship’s block,and supply information.Therefore,many shipyards are investigating the complete automation of the production design process to reduce the M/H for designers.However,these problems are still currently unresolved,and a clear direction is needed for research on the automatic design base of manufacturing rules,batches reflecting changed building specifications,batch updates of boundary information for hull members,and management of the hull model change history to automate the production design process.In this study,a process was developed to aid production design engineers in designing a new ship’s hull block model from that of a similar ship previously built,based on AVEVA Marine.An automation system that uses the similar ship’s hull block model is proposed to reduce M/H and human errors by the production design engineer.First,scheme files holding important information were constructed in a database to automatically update hull block model modifications.Second,for batch updates,the database’s table,including building specifications and the referential integrity of a relational database were compared.In particular,this study focused on reflecting the frequent modification of building specifications and regeneration of boundary information of the adjacent panel due to changes in a specific panel.Third,the rollback function is proposed in which the database (DB) is used to return to the previously designed panels.     

箱形梁结构船体水下非接触爆炸冲击环境分析

为研究箱形梁结构船体在水下非接触爆炸作用下的冲击环境,在船体中部范围内主要受力部位设置箱形梁,并与考虑箱形梁产生的质量变化而建立的等重船模进行对比,来描述箱形梁结构对冲击环境的影响.基于Abaqus中的声固耦合算法求解2种形式船体的冲击响应,以冲击谱为工具描述船体结构的冲击环境,并给出舱内甲板层的冲击环境分布.分析归纳箱形梁的作用机理,为相关舰船设备的舾装与船体优化设计提供参考.     

Three-dimensional Visual Mapping of Underwater Ship Hull Surface Using Piecewise-planar SLAM

In-water visual ship hull inspection using unmanned underwater vehicles needs to be performed at very close range to the target surface because of the visibility limitations in underwater environments mainly due to light attenuation, scattering, and water turbidity. These environmental challenges result in ineffective photometric and geometric information in hull surface images and, therefore, the performance of conventional three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction techniques is often unsatisfactory. This paper addresses a visual mapping method for 3D reconstruction of underwater ship hull surface using a monocular camera as a primary mapping sensor. The main idea of the proposed approach is to model the moderately curved hull surface as a combination of piecewise-planar panels, and to generate a global map by aligning the local images in a two-dimensional reference frame and correcting them appropriately to reflect the information of perspective projections of the 3D panels. The estimated 3D panels associated with the local images are used to extract the loop-closure relative measurements in the framework of simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) for precise camera trajectory estimation and 3D reconstruction results. The validity and practical feasibility of the proposed method are demonstrated using a dataset obtained in a field experiment with a full-scale ship in a real sea environment.

     

A hierarchical design concept for shape optimization based on the interaction of CAGD and FEM

The numerical treatment of shape optimization problems requires sophisticated software tools such as Computer Aided Design (CAD), the Finite Element Method (FEM) and a suitable Mathematical Programming (MP) algorithm. Efficiency of the overall procedure is guaranteed if these tools interact optimally. The theoretical and numerical effort for sensitivity analysis reflect the complexity of this engineering problem.In this paper we outline a general modelling concept for shape optimization problems. Hierarchical design models within Computer Aided Geometrical Design (CAGD) and the interaction of geometry and FEM lead to an efficient overall optimization procedure. Our concept has been derived, implemented and tested for shell structures but it is seen to be generally applicable.After a short introduction containing the state of the art we give an overview of the numerical tools used and outline the interaction of CAGD and FEM within the overall optimization procedure.The paper is mainly devoted to the hierarchical design space based on a hierarchical geometrical modelling. The major part of computational effort is consumed by sensitivity analysis related to the number of design variables. Therefore, this number should be limited and only few powerful design variables corresponding to the special interests of the considered problem should be defined. This procedure may lead to a considerable limitation of the design space. Based on a hierarchy in the geometrical model different types of design variables are introduced: design variables with global, regional and local influence. The new method is based on successive activation of these types of design variables. This procedure leads to a considerable reduction of computational time for the sensitivity analysis without loss of geometrical flexibility.A new method of geometrical refinement and a successive adaptively driven expansion and reduction of the design space is described. It is based on the degree elevation or degree reduction of parametric curves and surfaces, respectively.A numerical example illustrates the new method and the efficiency of the overall optimization procedure.     

A variable-size local domain approach for increased design confidence in simulation-based optimization

Simulation-based design optimization utilizes computational models that rely on assumptions and approximations. There is a need therefore, to ensure that the obtained designs will exhibit the desired behavior as anticipated given the model predictions. The common approach to accomplish that is to validate the utilized computational models prior to the design optimization process. However, this is practically an impossible task especially for design problems with high-dimensional design and parameter spaces. We have recently proposed a different approach for maximizing confidence in the designs generated during a sequential simulation-based optimization process based on calibrating the computational models when necessary and within local subdomains of the design space. In that work, the size of the local domains was held fixed and not linked to uncertainty, and the confidence in designs was quantified using Bayesian hypothesis testing. In this article, we present an improved methodology. Specifically, we use a statistical methodology to account for uncertainty and to determine the size of the local domains at each stage of the sequential design optimization process using parametric bootstrapping that involves maximum likelihood estimators of model parameters. The sequential process continues until the local domain does not change from stage to stage during the design optimization process, ensuring convergence to an optimal design. The proposed methodology is illustrated with the design of a thermal insulator using one-dimensional, linear heat conduction in a solid slab with heat flux boundary conditions.     

Automatic surface modelling of a ship hull

When defining a ship hull surface, the main objective is to obtain a faired surface or surfaces that contain some specific points of the hull, that have been selected in the design process and give the ship its hydrodynamic, stability and other properties. So, the hull surface should be a compromise between fairness and precision, and this is not and easy task. In this paper, authors present a thorough procedure for automatic modelling with a fair NURBS surface, having lists of points on the stations of the vessel as initial data. The construction of spline curves, and their application in the definition of ship lines is reviewed. Approximation of spline curves fitting the data on the stations is made, with special emphasis on the choice of parametrization, which is relevant to increase the accuracy of the splines. NURBS surfaces modelling the hull of the vessel are constructed and the fairing process adapted to maintain certain ship characteristics is described.     

基于骨架模型的船体结构快速建模

针对当前我国船舶结构设计中迭代次数多、设计存在异地性的问题,提出一种船 体结构快速建模方法。以“自顶向下”为设计思路,以骨架模型为实现载体,对船体结构特点进 行分析、总结后构建了面向船舶结构的骨架模型,给出船体结构骨架模型的定义。通过船舶结 构的骨架模型与参数坐标系实现船舶总体的快速布局设计;建立参数坐标系与船体板架之间的 关联关系实现船体结构的快速建模与快速调整,并给出相应算法;给出设计信息的组织方式并 将设计信息集成到骨架模型实现船体结构模型的完整性定义与快速建立。最后基于 CATIA V6 平台开发快速建模系统,并通过纵骨架式船体结构验证了方法的可行性。     

Information requirements for multi-level-of-development BIM using sensitivity analysis for energy performance

The concept of multi-Level-of-Development (multi-LOD) modelling represents a flexible approach of information management and compilation in building information modelling (BIM) on a set of consistent levels. From an energy perspective during early architectural design, the refinement of design parameters by addition of information allows a more precise prediction of building performance. The need for energy-efficient buildings requires a designer to focus on the parameters in order of their ability to reduce uncertainty in energy performance to prioritise energy relevant decisions. However, there is no method for assigning and prioritising information for a particular level of multi-LOD. In this study, we performed a sensitivity analysis of energy models to estimate the uncertainty caused by the design parameters in energy prediction. This study allows to rank the design parameters in order of their influence on the energy prediction and determine the information required at each level of multi-LOD approach. We have studied the parametric energy model of different building shapes representing architectural design variation at the early design stage. A variance-based sensitivity analysis method is used to calculate the uncertainty contribution of each design parameter. The three levels in the uncertainty contribution by the group of parameters are identified which form the basis of information required at each level of multi-LOD BIM approach. The first level includes geometrical parameters, the second level includes technical specification and operational design parameters, and the third level includes window construction and system efficiency parameters. These findings will be specifically useful in the development of a multi-LOD approach to prioritise performance relevant decisions at early design phases.