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Title: |
A Computer-Automated Design Tool For Intelligent Virtual Prototyping
Of Offshore Cranes |
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Authors: |
Robin T. Bye, Ottar L. Osen, Birger Skogeng Pedersen |
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(2015).ECMS 2015 Proceedings edited
by: Valeri M. Mladenov, Grisha Spasov, Petia Georgieva, Galidiya Petrova, European
Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2015 ISBN:
978-0-9932440-0-1 29th
European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Albena (Varna), Bulgaria,
May 26th – 29th,
2015 |
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Citation
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Robin
T. Bye, Ottar L. Osen, Birger Skogeng Pedersen (2015). A Computer-Automated Design Tool For
Intelligent Virtual Prototyping Of Offshore Cranes, ECMS 2015 Proceedings
edited by: Valeri M. Mladenov,
Petia Georgieva, Grisha Spasov, Galidiya Petrova European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2015-0147 |
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DOI: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.7148/2015-0147 |
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Abstract: |
In close
collaboration with the maritime industry, virtual prototyping with maritime
application has been an important research topic for Aalesund
University College for some years. In this paper, we describe the development
of a computer-automated design tool for intelligent virtual prototyping of
offshore cranes. Our work is part of a research project funded by the
Research Council of Norway and takes place in close cooperation with two partners
from the maritime industry. A literature review of virtual prototyping,
computer-automated design, and modelling and
simulation of offshore cranes sets the stage for the description of a design
tool whose main components consist of a computational model, a simulator, and
a genetic algorithm. We show how domain-specific constraints can be accounted
for in conjunction with an automated optimisation
procedure of design parameters to yield crane specifications that closely
match the desired design criteria. Limitations of slewing rings and hydraulic
cylinders are of particular importance in offshore crane design and are used
as an example of the multitude of design calculations that form the
computational model. Being work in progress, we report on completed parts and
the work that remains. |
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