The National Shipbuilding Research Program. 1997 Ship Production Symposium, Paper Number 18: Development of a Production Optimization Program for Design and Manufacture of Light Weight/High Strength Hull

Abstract

There is an interest in introducing a high speed marine vehicle for crew boat service to the offshore oil and gas fields in the Gulf of Mexico. Consequently, it is necessary to develop a light weight hull structure suitable for rapid modular construction. This paper presents the authors numerical and experimental evaluation of a lightweight aluminum hull panel. An optimization routine was developed to investigate the sensitivity of the design to different structural arrangements. An example of the optimization routine for a stiffened aluminum plate is presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA447091

Entities

People

  • Paul Herrington
  • Robert Latorre

Organizations

  • University of New Orleans

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Construction
  • Contractors
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Fabrication
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Geometry
  • Hulls (Marine)
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Modular Construction
  • Naval Architecture
  • Optimization
  • Production
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Strain Gages
  • United States

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  • Structural Dynamics.