The National Shipbuilding Research Program. Photogrammetric Dimensioning of Distributive Systems Models. Phase 1

Abstract

This project is a natural outgrowth of the Todd/MarAd sponsored project "Photogrammetry in Shipbuilding" which was very successfully concluded in 1976 with a report bearing the same title. In that earlier work it was demonstrated that photogrammetry can produce very reliable dimensions of an object from photographs. Five shipyards subsequently contracted for photogrammetric surveys of large structures, attesting to the productivity of the method. One of the demonstrations conducted during the earlier project produced an accurate arrangement drawing of steam systems from photographs of a portion of a machinery space model. Put, it was concluded that it would be more productive to produce dimensions from such models in digital rather than graphical form. In digital form the dimensional data could be readily manipulated for direct input to existing or developing computer-aided piping design programs. In substance, photogrammetry was seen as a logical link between design modeling of distributive systems and computer-aided piping design programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA454676

Entities

People

  • John F. Kenefick
  • L. D. Chirillo

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly
  • Cameras
  • Composite Materials
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Construction
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Processing
  • Engineers
  • Fabrication
  • Manufacturing
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Range Finding
  • Shipbuilding
  • Three Dimensional

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  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Geodesy
  • Naval Engineering and Maritime Security

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  • Space