Computer Applications in the Automation of Shipyard Operation and Ship Design: Proceedings of the IFIP TC5/WG 5.6 Seventh International Conference (ICCAS '91), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 10-13 September 1991(IFIP Transactions B: Computer Applications in Technology S.)

This latest ICCAS volume reports on the development of computer technology and its application for the benefit of the Marine and Offshore Industries. The technological evolution which has occurred in this area over the past two decades was stimulated by the achievements in computer technology but also as a response to the long series of world economic crises. The present situation seems to have hardened as the sector strives to compete. This lends even more importance to the vital role of computer applications in the success of Marine and Offshore Engineering.

Table of Contents:
Invited Papers: The Role of CIM for Future Shipbuilding (T. Koyama). Recent Advances in Marine Design and Applications (C. Kuo). CAD. The Automatic Design of the Screw Propeller in Non-Axial Flow (P. Cassella et al.). Hawse Pipe Analysis (H. Morito et al.). Optimum Preliminary Design of Tugs (V. Ashokan et al.). CATIA & CAEDS Applications for Ship and Ocean System Design (K. Nishimoto et al.). Rational Design of Ship Structures (J. Baatrup et al.). A Development Product Support System (Y. He). Development of an Engineering Database System for Fluid Systems Design (P.C. Cuchieratto et al.). Application of CAD for the Design of Ship Control Bridge (L.A. de Andre, R.M. Mihalik). A Hydrodynamic Design Methodology for Conceptual Ship Design (G.E. Hearn et al.). CAM and Management. Integration of Shipbuilding CAD System and NC Welding Robots (K. Shishida et al.). Process Planning System of CIM for Shipbuilding (T. Amemiya). Scheduling System of CIM for Shipbuilding Applied Product Model, Process-Equipment Model and Operation-Resource Model (M. Nakamura et al.). System Design of CIM for Shipbuilding (K. Doi et al.). Ship Definition System in Computer Integrated Design and Manufacturing (T. Nomoto, K. Aoyama). Shipyard Material Handling Simulation (R.L. Storch, W. Song). Computer Aids for Shipping and Ship Operation. On Board Piloting Support System (C.G. Biancardi). Stowage Container Planning (R.C. Botter, M.A. Brinati). Expert System for Oil Tanker Loading/Unloading Operation Planning (K. Sato et al.). Geometric Modelling of Ships and Offshore Structures. Constrained Smoothing B-Spline Curve Fitting for Ship Hull Generation and Fairing (J.P. Liu et al.). Nonuniform B-Spline Mesh Fairing Method (H. Rong et al.). Mathematical Modelling of Ships and Offshore Structures. Ship Structural Analysis Capability Updates (Y. Kuramoto et al.). Dynamic Behaviour of Ship Structures Using the Finite Element Method with 2-D Modeling (T.A.P. Lopes et al.). Applications of Advanced Computer Techniques to Design, Manufacturing and Operation. Object-Oriented Computing Techniques in Ship Design (T.W. Carnduff, W.A. Gray). A Distributed Problem Solving Based Model for Shipyard Scheduling (J. Butler, H. Ohtsubo). Intelligent Design System of CIM for Shipbuilding (K. Koga et al.). Ship Data Model Using Cell Network (K.K.V. Ignatius, P. Krishnankutty). Applications of Expert Systems to Marine Engineering (A.J. Leite, H.M. Morishita). A Knowledge Based System for Hull Structural Information (O.P. Sha, R.P. Gokarn). STEP-Based Modeling of Ship Product Definition Data (T. Koch).