船舶专业外文翻译船舶设计优化.docx
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船舶专业外文翻译船舶设计优化
船舶专业外文翻译一船舶设计优化
ShipDesignOptimization
ThiscontributionisdevotedtoexploitingtheanalogybetweenamodernmanufacturingplantandaheterogeneousparallelcomputertoconstructaHPCNdecisionsupporttoolforshipdesigners.TheapplicationisaHPCNonebecauseofthescaleofshipbuilding・alargecontainervesselisconstructedbyassemblingabout1.5millionatomiccomponentsinaproductionhierarchy.Theroleofthedecisionsupporttoolistorapidlyevaluatethemanufacturingconsequencesofdesignchanges.Theimplementationasadistributedmulti-agentapplicationrunningontopofPVMisdescribed
1AnalogiesbetweenManufacturingandHPCN
Thereareanumberofanalogiesbetweenthemanufactureofcomplexproductssuchasships,aircraftandcarsandtheexecutionofaparallelprogram.Themanufactureofashipiscarriedoutaccordingtoaproductionplanwhichensuresthatallthecomponentscometogetherattherighttimeattherightplace.Aparallelcomputerapplicationshouldensurethattheappropriatedataisavailableontheappropriateprocessorinatimelyfashion.
Itisnotsurprising,therefore,thatmanufacturingisplaguedbyindeterminacyexactlyasareparallelprogramsexecutingonmulti-processorhardware.Thishascausedanumberofresearchersinproductionengineeringtoseekinspirationinotherareaswheremanagingcomplexityandunpredictabilityisimportant.Anumberofnewparadigms^suchasHolonicManufacturingandFractalFactorieshaveemerged[1,2]whichcontainIdeasratherreminiscentofthosetobefoundinthefieldofMulti-AgentSystems[3,4].
Manufacturingtasksareanalogoustooperationscarriedoutondata,withinthecontextofplanning,schedulingandcontrol.Also,complexproductsareassembledatphysicallydistributedworkshopsorproductionfacilities^sothecomponentsmustbetransportedbetweenthem.Thisisanalogoustocommunicationofdatabetweenprocessorsinaparallelcomputer,whichthusalsomakescleartheanalogybetweenworkshopsandprocessors.
Theremainderofthispaperreportsanattempttoexploitthisanalogytobuildaparallelapplicationforoptimizingshipdesignwithregardtomanufacturingissues.
2ShipbuildingatOdenseSteelShipyard
OdenseSteelShipyardissituatedinthetownofMunkeboontheislandofFunen.Itisrecognizedasbeingoneofthemostmodernandhighlyautomatedintheworld.It
specializesinbuildingVLCC's(supertankers)andverylargecontainerships.Theyardwasthefirstintheworldtobuildadoublehulledsupertankerandiscurrentlybuildinganorderof15ofthelargestcontainershipseverbuiltfortheMaerskline.Thesecontainershipsareabout340metreslongandcancarryabout7000containersatatopspeedof28knotswithacrewof12.
OdenseSteelShipyardismorelikeashipfactorythanatraditionalshipyard.Theshipdesignisbrokendownintomanufacturingmoduleswhichareassembledandprocessedinanumberofworkshopsdevotedto,forexample,cutting,weldingandsurfacetreatment.Atanyonetime,upto3identicalshipsarebeingbuiltandanewshipislaunchedaboutevery100days.
Theyardsurvivesintheverycompetitiveworldofshipbuildingbyextensiveapplicationofinformationtechnologyandrobots,sotherearecurrentlyabout40robotsattheyardengagedinvariousproductionactivities.Theyardhasacoininitmenttoresearchaswell,sothatthereareabout10industrialPh・D・studentsworkingthere,whoareenrolledatvariousengineeringschoolsinDenmark.
3Tomorrow'sManufacturingSystems
ThepenetrationofInformationTechnologyintoourliveswillalsohaveitseffectinmanufacturingIndustry.Forexample,theInternetisexpectedtobecomethedominanttradingmediumforgoods.ThismeansthatthecustomercancomeIntodirectdigitalcontactwiththemanufacturer.
Thedirectdigitalcontactwithcustomerswillenablethemtoparticipateinthedesignprocesssothattheygetaproductoverwhichtheyhavesomeinfluence.Theelementofunpredictabilityintroducedbytakingintoaccountcustomerdesiresincreasestheneedforflexibilityinthemanufacturingprocess,especiallyinthelightofthetendencytowardsglobalizationofproductioiL
Intelligentrobotsystems,suchasAMROSE,relyonthedigitalCADmodelastheprimarysourceofinformationabouttheworkpieceandtheworkcell[5,6].Thisinformationisusedtoconstructtaskperforming,collisionavoidingtrajectoriesfortherobots,whichbecauseofthehighprecisionoftheshipbuildingprocess,canbecorrectedforsmalldeviationsoftheactualworldfromthevirtualoneusingvenrsimplesensorsystems.Thetrajectoriesaregeneratedbynumericallysolvingtheconstrainedequationsofmotionforamodeloftherobotmovinginanartificialforcefielddesignedtoattractthetoolcentretothegoalandrepellitfromobstacles,suchastheworkpieceandpartsofitself.Finally,therearelimitstowhatonecangetarobottodo,sotheactualmanufacturingwillbeperformedasacollaborationbetweenhumanandmechatronicagents.
Mostindustrialproducts,suchasthewindmillhousingcomponentshowninFig.1,aredesignedelectronicallyinavarietyofCADsystems.
Fig>1.ShowingtheCADmodelforthehousingofawindmilLThemodel,madeusingBentleyMicrostation,includesboththework-pieceandtask-curvegeometries.
4TodayvsManufacturingSystems
Theabovescenarioshouldbecomparedtotoday'srealitiesenforcedbytraditionalproductionengineeringphilosophybasedontheideasofmassproductionintroducedabout100yearsagobyHenryFord.Atypicalproductionlinehasthesamestructureasaserialcomputerprogram,sothatthewholeprocessisdrivenbyproductionrequirements.Thisrigidityisreflectedonthetypesoftop-downplanningandcontrolsystemsusedinmanufacturingindustry,whicharebadlysuitedtobothcomplexityandunpredictability.
Infact,themanufacturingenvironmenthasalwaysbeencharacterizedbyunpredictability.Today'smanufacturingsystemsarebasedonidealizedmodelswhereunpredictabilityisnottakenintoaccountbuthandledusingcomplexandexpensivelogisticsandbufferingsystems.
Manufacturersarealsobecomingawarethatoneoftheresultsofthetop-downserialapproachisanalienationofhumanworkers.Forexample,someofthecarmanufacturershaveexperimentedwithhavingteamsofhumanworkersresponsibleforaparticularcarratherthanperformingrepetitiveoperationsinaproductionline.Thismodelinfactbetterreflectstheconcurrencyofthemanufacturingprocessthantheassemblyline.
5ADecisionSupportToolforShipDesignOptimization
Largeshipsare,togetherwithaircraft,someofthemostcomplexthingseverbuiltAcontainershipconsistsofabout1.5millionatomiccomponentswhichareassembledinahierarchyofincreasinglycomplexcomponents.ThusanysupporttoolforthemanufacturingprocesscanbeexpectedtobealargeHPCNapplication.
Shipsaredesignedwithbothfunctionalityandeaseofconstructioninmind,as
wellasissuessuchaseconomy,safety,insuranceissues,maintenanceandevendecommissioning.Onceafunctionaldesignisinplace,astepwisedecompositionoftheoveralldesignintoahierarchyofmanufacturingcomponentsisperformed.Themanufacturingprocessthenstartswiththeindividualbasicbuildingblockssuchassteelplatesandpipes.Thesebuildingblocksareputtogetherintoevermorecomplexstructuresandfinallyassembledinthedocktoformtheflnishedship.
Thusaveryusefulthingtoknowassoonaspossibleafterdesigntimearethemanufacturingconsequencesofdesigndecisions.Thisincludesissuessuchaswhethertheintermediatestructurescanactuallybebuiltbvtheavailableproductionfacilities,theimplicationsontheuseofmaterialandwhetherornottheproductioncanbeefficientlyscheduled[7].
Fig.2.showsschematicallyhowaredesigndecisionatapointintimeduringconstructionimpliesfuturecosts,onlysomeofwhichareknownatthetime.Thusadecisionsupporttoolisrequiredtogivebetterestimatesoftheimpliedcostsasearlyaspossibleintheprocess.
Simulation,bothofthefeasibilityofthemanufacturingtasksandtheefficiencywithwhichthesetaskscanbeperformedusingtheavailableequipment,isaverycompute-intenseapplicationofsimulationandoptimization.Inthenextsection,wedescribehowadecisionsupporttoolcanbedesignedandimplementedasaparallelapplicationbymodelingthemainactorsintheprocessasagents.
Fig>2>Economicconsequencesofdesigndecisions.Adesigndecisionimpliesafuturecommitmentofeconomicresourceswhichisonlypartiallyknownatdesigntime.
6Multi-AgentSystems
Thenotionofasoftwareagent,asortofautonomous,dynamicgeneralizationofanobject(inthesenseofObjectOrientation)isprobablyunfamiliartothetypicalHPCNreaderintheareaofscientificcomputation.Anagentpossessesitsownbeliefs,desiresandintentionsandisabletoreasonaboutandactoilitsperceptionofotheragentsandtheenvironment.
Amulti-agentsystemisacollectionofagentswhichtrytocooperatetosolvesomeproblem,typicallyintheareasofcontrolandoptimization.Agoodexampleistheprocessoflearningtodriveacarintraffic.Eachdriverisanautonomousagentwhichobservesandreasonsabouttheintentionsofotherdrivers.Agentsareinfactaveryusefultoolformodelingawiderangeofdynamicalprocessesintherealworldssuchasthemotionofproteinmolecules[8]ormulti-linkrobots[9].Forotherapplications,see[4].
Oneoftheinterestingpropertiesofmulti-agentsystemsisthewayglobalbehaviorofthesystememergesfromtheindividualinteractionsoftheagents[10].Thenotionofem
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