Design Optimization of Marine Reduction Gears.

Abstract

The development and use of the FORTRAN program MARGO (Marine Reduction Gear Optimization) is described. MARGO performs design analysis, weight minimization, and a rudimentary form of noise minimization using the general purpose optimization program called ADS-1 (Automated Design Synthesis, Version 1). Numerous subroutines are presented which calculate the associated design variables for marine reduction gears. The entire program is self-documented and easily modified by the user. Examples are presented to demonstrate the utility of the program. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA136352

Entities

People

  • W. T. Bramlett Ii

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Cold Working
  • Computations
  • Computer Programs
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Flow Network
  • Gears
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Navy
  • Optimization
  • Real Numbers
  • Reduction Gears
  • United States

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Software Engineering
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).