THE OPTIMUM ROUTEING OF PIPES IN A SHIP'S ENGINE ROOM

This paper deals with a computer program which is in development and aims to be an aid to the designer in routeing the pipes inside a ship's engine room. The routeing, by the program, occurs in two phases. In the first phase all possible equivalent routes are determined subject to the assumption that the pipes have no dimensions and without considering any interferences. The method developed for carrying this out is based on the dynamic programming technique. In the second phase, the routes are fixed in such a way that no interferences occur. It is the intention to do this interactive by the designer with the aid of a display.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Preprints of the IFIP/IFAC/SSI Computer Applications in the Automation of Shipyard Operation and Ship Design/City of Gothenburg Scandinavian Joint Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 8-11, 1976.
• Corporate Authors:

  North-Holland Publishing Company

  52 Vanderbilt Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10017
• Authors:
  • Vander Tak, C
  • Koopmans, JJG
• Conference:
  • Preprints of the IFIP/IFAC/SSI Computer Applications in the Automation of Shipyard Operation and Ship Design/City of Gothenburg Scandinavian Joint Conference.
  • Location: Gothenburg , Sweden
  • Date: 1976-6-8 to 1976-6-11
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 333-341

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer aided design; Information processing; Layout; Pipe laying; Pipelines; Structural design
• Old TRIS Terms: Computerized piping layout; Piping arrangement
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Pipelines; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00142831
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: North-Holland Publishing Company
• Report/Paper Numbers: Preprint
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 15 1976 12:00AM