Semi-automated approach for detailed layout generation during early stage surface warship design

Conference paper (2019)

Authors

J.J. le Poole Ship Design, Production and Operations - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
J.J. Hopman Marine and Transport Technology
A.A. Kana Ship Design, Production and Operations - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
E.A.E. Duchateau Ship Design, Production and Operations - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
B.J. van Oers Defence Materiel Organisation
Research Group
Ship Design, Production and Operations (Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering) (TU Delft)
Computer aided design Ship layout design Design insight Detailed layout plan Seed and growth algorithm
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Published Date

2019

Language

English

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Faculty

Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering

Department

Marine and Transport Technology

Research Group

Ship Design, Production and Operations

Abstract

During the concept definition design phase, significant effort is paid to the detailing of the internal layout of ships. At the Dutch Defence Materiel Organisation first a high level ‘functional arrangement’ is generated, which is further detailed into a ‘general arrangement plan’ (GAP), to validate the functional arrangement. The GAP generation takes considerable effort. Therefore, this paper proposes a novel method, called WARGEAR (WARship GEneral ARrangement), to support the designer with the generation of GAPs. The method aims to provide quick insight in the feasibility of the functional arrangement, i.e. check whether all spaces fit and can be connected via hallways and staircases according to international and naval rules. WARGEAR applies a new seed and growth algorithm as well as a ship’s network representation to semi-automatically generate detailed layouts based on predefined functional arrangements. A multi-deck and multi-compartment case study is presented as a proof of concept of the tool.