INTERACTIVE DEADWORK DESIGN (OMEGA)

The VICAR method obtains transformed hull forms based on a parent form, by modifying some form parameters, such as the midship and prismatic coefficients, the longitudinal and vertical buoyancy position or even the main dimensions. This tool makes it possible to change the shape of any immersed hull. The corresponding deadwork is treated as a mathematical extension derived from the sections; any geometric alteration of it must be done manually."OMEGA" has been developed as a complete package to cope with line definition both of the immersed hull and the deadwork. The deadwork design is fully interactive giving different shapes that conform to existing immersed hulls fulfilling in this way specific space allocation or weight distribution requirements. The OMEGA method is not only valid for lines obtained through parametric transformation, but also the for any other kind of line form generation, the input data being the waterline, bow and stern profiles and the angular values of sections at the waterline.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • "CADMO 88", 2nd. Intl. Conference on Computer Aided Design, Manufacture and Operation in the Marine and Offshore Industries held Southampton 20-22 Sep. 1988, p.303 [20 pp., 5 ref., 14 fig.]
• Authors:
  • Crucelaegui, A
  • Mangas, J M
• Publication Date: 1988

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Superstructures
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ship design
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00696090
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 1995 12:00AM