HullstructureanalysisandoptimizationOfRO-PAXship.docVIP

Hull structure analysis and optimization Of RO-PAX ship Vedran ?ANI?*, Tomislav JAN?IJEV*, Goran CVITANI?**, Milo? PAVI?EVI?**, Jak?a BISKUPOVI?**, Predrag ?UDINA**, Jerolim ANDRI?* *University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture I. Lu?i?a 5, 10000 Zagreb, tel. (01) 6168222, fax:(01) 6156940, e-mail: vedran.zanic@fsb.hr **Shipyard BRODOSPLIT, Split Abstract: Optimization of RoPax ship structural design is presented. Sensitivity analysis of structural weight with respect to web frame spacings of 2400, 2800 and 3000 mm was performed. Three models (12 web frame spacings long), dominating ship structure, were used. Program MAESTRO was used for minimal weight optimization of each model. Designer identified 264 design variables and has specified min-max and proportionality requirements. Each 3D FEM model includes 5850 degres of freedom. Models are capable of solving nonsymetric loadcases. 1067 macroelements and 212 ordinary elements were modeled for response calculation. 7 loadcases were defined according to DnV and designers requests. 52416 safety checks were performed on each model. Significant savings to the shipyard have been obtained: decrease in price of construction steel and weight (up to 10%), increase of deadweight, improvement of design (decrease of ship height), etc. Results show that structural optimization is a mature designers tool. Key words: structural optimisation, FEM analysis, ro-pax ships, MAESTRO software analiza i optimizacija konstrukcije ro-pax broda Sa?etak: Na primjeru analize i optimizacije Ro-Pax broda prikazane su zna?ajke stukturne optimizacije koja brodogradili?tima donosi niz u?teda u obliku: pove?anja nosivosti, smanjenja cijene ugra?enog ?elika i smanjenja te?ine konstrukcija, te unaprije?enja projekta (smanjenje visine broda, pozicije te?i?ta, ...). U isto vrijeme projektant ima bolji uvid u pona?anje strukture, ?to je osnova za brzo i racionalno dono?enje odluka na razini cijelog projekta te na razi