AN APPLICATION OF OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUE TO DESIGN OF TANKER

In regard to oil tankers of approximately 130 - 250 thousand ton deadweight, optimum design of longitudinal strength members is undertaken. Ship size, main proportion, transverse web space and so forth are varied. Rule requirement specified by the Ship Classification Society of Japan is adopted as standard for design. A kind of nonlinear programing technique, SUMT is used for numerical search. By some numerical results obtained, trends of optimum longitudinal frame space, frame area and plate thickness are examined. Further-more the influence of using high tensile steel combined with mild steel and that of taking account of fabrication cost are studied.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented are the International Conference on Computer Applications in the Automation of Shipyard Operation and Ship Design, held by IFIP/IFAC/JSNA, Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 28-30, 1973.
• Corporate Authors:

  North Holland Publishing Company

  335 Jan Van Galenstraat, P.O. Box 103
  Amsterdam-W,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Kitamura, K
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 10 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: VI-2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Computers; Information processing; Naval architecture; Ships; Structural design; Tankers; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Computer aided analysis; Ship design
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Materials; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00052001
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Purdue University
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 17 1974 12:00AM