Hydrodynamic Design Optimization Tool

Abstract

Abstract : A rapid ship hull form generation tool is developed in support of an ongoing ONR research project on the development of a methodology for innovative hydrodynamic design of ship hull forms. The hull lines/curves in this tool are described by various orders of polynomials and the polynomials are determined using hull form parameters. The hull generation tool is implemented using Matlab to enable graphic user interface. Two hull forms are used for the validation. The present tool is able to generate the same hull forms as the sample hull forms given by Bjorklund & Fuller (1976) with given parameters. This rapid hull form generation tool describes hull form using naval architect?s language; generates hull form from scratch in terms of hull form parameters; and establishes the link between the hull form and form parameters. It can be used to generate the hull form for hydrostatic analysis and hydrodynamic design optimization in the early stage of ship design.