- A Reference Model for the Computer-Aided Design of Hull Forms
- Soon-Hung Han ; Soon-Sub Lee ;
- Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea, volume 31, issue 4, 1994, Pages 15~22
Abstract
The efforts to utilize modern computers for the hull form design of ships, started in the 1960s. In Korea, tools for the computer-aided hull form design such as FORAN system have been used from the 1970s. However, the development efforts for such tools have just started. To maximize the output from the limited research resources in this field, a reference model for the development is proposed. The model cail be used to decompose the task into sub-tasks, and to integrate the separately developed component technologies afterwards. To produce the reference model, the state-of-the-arts has been surveyed. including both foreign and domestic researches, within both shipbuilding industry and general CAD sectors. In the process, component functions for the hull form design have been identified. The reference model is constructed using these identified component functions.