Integrated Method for Mapping Shipyard Layouts: Obtaining an Insight into the Current State Building Process and Employee Movements

There exists no general method for analysing the efficiency of a shipyard layout through the mapping of building processes and employee movements. Therefore an Integrated Method for mapping shipyard layouts is developed. This is done by implementing multiple ways of analysing and optimising industrial processes, as found in the literature. Usage...

Multi-level optimisation and global sensitivity analysis of the probabilistic damage stability method for single hold ships

The probabilistic damage stability method offers great design freedom when used as a base of design. However, due to the complexity of the calculation and amount of parameters that influence the attained index, much of this freedom is not being harnessed by designers. This research tries to give the designer more insight in where to look when...

Towards a standardized statistical correction between RANSe-based full-scale CFD and sea trial measurement

This research considers Amels LE and SX super yachts. Bare hull, appended hull, and actuator disk simulations were performed using CFD, and compared to sea trial results. The results of the CFD are unique because they were generated after the sea trials were conducted, resulting in the ship speed in CFD and sea trial being similar. The results...

System Identification of Full-scale Propulsion Systems

With the use of simulation models, predicting and optimising the correct dynamic behaviour and parameters of a propulsion system of a ship can be performed cheap and safe. However, capturing the right dynamic behaviour is very difficult. Besides, building simulation models and determining the correct parameters is a time consuming process. With...