• DocumentCode
    2088566
  • Title

    Hull Form Optimization of Trimaran Using Genetic Algorithm

  • Author

    Mahmood, Shahid ; De-bo, Huang

  • Author_Institution
    Key Lab. of Fundamental Sci. for Nat. Defence, Harbin Eng. Univ., Harbin, China
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    24-26 Aug. 2011
  • Firstpage
    150
  • Lastpage
    154
  • Abstract
    In this paper a Trimaran hull form has been optimized to obtain low resistance hull. Hull portion consisting bow shape is taken into consideration for optimization. FLUENT software is used for calculating the total resistance of hull and genetic algorithm is used for the optimization. The results for bow shape optimization show the ability of proposed method for hull form optimization.
  • Keywords
    genetic algorithms; marine engineering; shipbuilding industry; FLUENT software; Trimaran hull form optimization; bow shape optimization; genetic algorithm; Computational fluid dynamics; Computational modeling; Genetic algorithms; Geometry; Marine vehicles; Optimization; Resistance; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Genetic Algorithm; Optimization; Resistance; Trimaran;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computational Science and Engineering (CSE), 2011 IEEE 14th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Dalian, Liaoning
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0974-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CSE.2011.37
  • Filename
    6062866