Automation Of Component Placement In Early-Stage Ship Design

Patterson, Damarcus; Chalfant, Julie; Triantafyllou, Michael

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Automation Of Component Placement In Early-Stage Ship Design

2020
By Patterson, Damarcus ; Chalfant, Julie ; Triantafyllou, Michael

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Patterson, Damarcus ; Chalfant, Julie ; Triantafyllou, Michael
NOAA Program & Office:

OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; Sea Grant
Sea Grant Program:

MIT (MIT Sea Grant)
Description:

Modern ships, and naval ships in particular, feature a wide range of components. Devices for power generation, navigation, and defense are all interconnected in a complex, integrated system. Software is heavily used in the design phase when placing internal components; however, manually placing components can be time consuming, especially when designers are considering things like weight distribution and accessibility to components for maintenance. In this paper we present a methodology for automatically arranging components in a ship design in a manner that eliminates overlaps, provides spacing between components, and minimizes connection length. The algorithm is described, and several examples of varying complexity are presented
Keywords:

Automation Design Ships
Sea Grant Document Number:

MIT-T-20-005
Document Type:

Technical Report
Funding:

Grant no. NA14OAR4170077
Rights Information:

Public Domain
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Library
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urn:sha256:7024dcfe8abffbab4522acf6a85a70db78d879fe1f48668012d60d183fd0e190
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https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/38606/noaa_38606_DS1.pdf
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