Development of a novel forward dynamic programming method for weather routing

This paper presents a novel forward dynamic programming method for weather routing to minimise ship fuel consumption during a voyage. Compared with traditional weather routing methods which only optimise the ship’s heading, while the engine power or propeller rotation speed is set as a constant throughout the voyage, this new method considers both the ship power settings and heading controls. A float state technique is used to reduce the iterations required during optimisation and thus save computation time. This new method could lead to quasi-global optimal routing in comparison with the traditional weather routing methods.     

Potential economic benefits of using a weather ship routing system at Short Sea Shipping

This contribution investigates the economic benefits of using weather ship routing on Short Sea Shipping (SSS) activities. The investigation is supported with the development of a ship routing system based on pathfinding algorithm, the parametrization of the wave effect on navigation, and the use of high-resolution meteo-oceanographic predictions. The optimal ship routing analysis is investigated in a European SSS system: the link between Spanish and Italian ports. The results show the economic benefits using ship routing in SSS during energetic wave episodes. The rate of cost savings may reach 18% of the total costs under particular bad weather conditions in the navigation area. The work establishes the basis of further developments in optimal route applied in relatively short distances and its systematic use in the SSS maritime industry.     

Development of ship weather routing system with higher accuracy using SPSS and an improved genetic algorithm

Journal of Marine Science and Technology - Fuel consumption is an important factor to be considered in the process of weather routing. How to choose an appropriate route according to the...     

船型技术经济评价方法比较研究

船型选型问题是典型的多目标决策问题,传统的评价方法(如层次分析法、模糊综合评价法)以及由这两种方法衍生出来的模糊层次分析法在船舶技术经济评价中多有应用,而改进复合权重TOPSIS法在船舶技术经济评价问题中却应用较少。该文主要将上述4种方法从原理、特点方面进行比较,结合8艘修井船实例,通过各方法评价结果对照得到各方法的优势与劣势,对船型技术经济评价问题应该如何选择适合的评价方法给出相关建议。     

Correction to: Development of ship weather routing system with higher accuracy using SPSS and an improved genetic algorithm

Journal of Marine Science and Technology - A correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00773-021-00807-z     

A comparative study on 3D wave load and pressure computations for different level of modelling of nonlinearities

This paper presents a comparative study on the vertical bending moment and pressures between different levels of modelling of nonlinearities based on a 3D time-domain solution scheme. The basic solution method and its successive extensions to model the nonlinear effects are similar to the code LAMP and its various versions [Lin WM, Meinhold M, Salvesen N, Yue DKP. Large amplitude motions and wave loads for ship design. 20th ONR Sym. on Naval Hydrodynamics, Washington D.C.: National Academy Press; 1994. pp. 205–226] although their numerical implementations may differ in details. Results are presented for a large tanker hull and the S175 container hull. It is found that the predictions from the different levels of computations may differ considerably, particularly for the pressures. In general the level 2 computation, which considers modelling of only the nonlinear Froude-Krylov and hydrostatic effects, over-predicts the loads and pressures compared to the most advanced ‘body-exact’ level considered in this paper, where the nonlinearities in the diffraction effect are modelled within certain approximations.     

面向用户的海洋天气信息服务系统的设计与研究

扩大和利用海洋天气监测数据对海洋环境监测、海洋产业发展、海洋灾害预防等海洋相关的活动具有重要意义。当前开发的海洋天气信息服务系统通常仅供专业机构或企业使用,而并未对个人开放。为解决这一问题,本文提出一种面向用户的海洋天气信息服务系统。该服务系统可以将自动识别系统(AIS)的信息显示在电子海图(ENC)上,并能够提供多种类别信息,如航道标记、日出、日落、低潮、高潮等,并在电子海图上通知和显示。通过互联网和移动设备使用用户的位置信息,该系统可以为用户定制个性化的信息服务,使得海洋天气信息服务系统不仅能够应用在工业领域,同时也能为个人的日常生活提供便利和保障。     

船联网体系结构与实现方法的比较研究

为满足航运信息化、智能化的快速发展,船联网的概念应运而生。本文结合国内外研究现状,着重介绍当前船联网的体系架构,阐述各组成平台,重点对其中的组网技术进行分析比较。     

船舶导航网络路由算法的实现

为了解决传统船舶导航网络路由算法数据丢包率高、执行时间长的难题,提出船舶导航网络路由算法研究。根据对现有算法存在难题的分析,搭建船舶导航网络路由算法架构,以此为基础,将获取的海上船舶密度作为权重值,构造带有权重值的有向图,并对最优转发路径进行选择。以得到的结果为基础,采用局部最优方法对最优转发路径计算区域进行优化。以优化结果为依据,对网络路由节点分配模型进行构建,实现了船舶导航网络路由算法的设计。通过实验得到,与传统船舶导航网络路由算法相比较,提出的船舶导航网络路由算法极大的降低了数据丢包率,缩短了执行时间,充分说明提出的船舶导航网络路由算法具备更好的性能。     

A comparative study on the hull strength of a ship with thin-walled box girders

1 Introduction1 The permanent aim is that the ship designers try to optimize the ship structure to improve the strength of hull. The traditional design of ship structure avoiding damage is involved with many transverse bulkheads set up in the ship in orde…     

舰船通信网络的自适应路由算法设计

路由算法是保障舰船通信网络正常工作的关键技术,当前舰船通信网络路由算法没有全面考虑节点能量限制问题,使得舰船通信网络的路由并非最优,导致舰船通信网络数据传输错误率高,舰船通信网络生存周期过短,为了提高舰船通信网络的通信质量,加快舰船通信网络数据传输速度,设计了一种自适应的舰船通信网络路由算法。首先对国内外舰船通信网络路由算法进行研究,找到引起各种算法不足的限制因素,然后模拟生物细胞分裂过程对舰船通信网络进行分簇,每一个簇包含不同规模的舰船通信网络通信节点,并舰船通信网络路由能耗最小、舰船通信网络生存周期最长为优化目标,构建最优的舰船通信网络通信路由,最后在Matlab 2016平台进行了舰船通信网络路由算法的性能测试实验。本文算法提高了舰船通信网络通信的平均吞吐量,舰船通信网络数据传输时延小,提高了舰船通信网络通信效率,有助于提高舰船通信网络的生存周期,具有十分高的实际应用价值。     

Path planning and collision avoidance for autonomous surface vehicles II: a comparative study of algorithms

Journal of Marine Science and Technology - Artificial intelligence is an enabling technology for autonomous surface vehicles, with methods such as evolutionary algorithms, artificial potential...     

一种基于物联网的海上气象传输系统设计

在海洋航运业中,对气候变化的准确快速获取是保证其安全行驶的关键要素之一。海洋气候具有变化速度快﹑气温不稳定的特性,对其信息的准确高精度采集及有效传输是海上气象系统的重要研究方向。本文分析了近年来热门的物联网技术,将无线传输器与传感网络(WSN)应用到海面气象传输系统的设计中。最后对气象传输系统中的无线路由算法(LEACH)进行了分析及优化。最后通过仿真实验得到优化后的海上气象传输系统的性能有较大的提升。     

Maritime education factors and presenteeism: a comparative quantitative study

Presenteeism research has only recently extended from a construct capturing lost productivity due to attending work despite health issues to a construct representing students’ perceived academic performance. Aligning with presenteeism’s prevalent research paradigm, the pioneering studies used health-related issues to measure presenteeism. In contrast, this study used the Presenteeism and Perceived Academic Performance (PPAP) Scale, which the researcher developed for this study. The PPAP Scale comprises aspects of student behavior that support academic performance. This study filled gaps in the literature by investigating presenteeism as a concept associated with students’ perceived academic performance, measured with the PPAP Scale, and factors specific to maritime education. The factors investigated were self-identified by the study respondents, in sufficient numbers to support statistical analysis, as favorably (i.e., cruise and license/maritime instruction) or negatively (i.e., mandatory regimental activity, taps, morning or afternoon formations, and watch) impacting their academic performance. This study found no statistical evidence to suggest the level of presenteeism, measured with the PPAP Scale, among the study’s sample of license students is associated with factors perceived to favorably or negatively impact academic performance. Additional insight can be gained from license student participants’ responses to the study’s open-ended questions (e.g., a perceived imbalance between time available to allocate to their academics and time needed to fulfill regimental responsibilities).     

海上无线通信网络路由协议分析研究

针对海洋环境上无线通信网络应用中的路由协议进行研究。首先,介绍无线网状网络的网络拓扑结构,并对在其中所采用的DSR和AODV两种路由协议进行详细分析;然后,介绍NS2平台的主要功能和操作基本步骤;最后,在设定的海洋环境下,研究基于NS2平台下的DSR和AODV路由协议的仿真实验,并通过分组发送成功率和分组传送时延这2个网络性能指标进行性能对比分析。通过仿真实验结果可看出,AODV协议更加符合海上通信要求。     

A comparative study of the dynamic behaviour of a fast patrol boat travelling in rough seas

This paper describes a comparative study between full scale measurements recorded on a fast patrol boat encountering heavy winter seas, south of the Isle of Wight and theoretical predictions accounting for the slamming behaviour of the flexible hull. A hydroelastic approach is adopted and satisfactory agreement between measured and predicted responses demonstrated.     

A comparative study on the structural integrity of single and double side skin bulk carriers under collision damage

The primary aim of the present study is to investigate the collision resistance and residual strength of single side skin (SSS) and double side skin (DSS) bulk carriers subject to collision damage. The impact dynamics analyses were conducted using ANSYS LS-DYNA for the evaluation resistance forces, energy absorption and penetration depth for various collision scenarios. The struck vessels of Capsize SSS and DSS designs were assumed to be entirely standstill and the striking vessels of an Aframax-type oil tanker with different bulbous bow shapes were modeled as rigid bodies. The findings were compared, where possible, with existing analytical tools. Residual strength calculations on SSS and DSS vessels were computed corresponding to all considered collision damage scenarios. Traditional Smith's method was applied with the average stress — average strain relationships of elements based on derived semi - analytically. The effect of corrosion was also evaluated by Joint Bulker Project (JBP) Rules on the influence of plate and stiffener thickness. The safety of the vessels was determined as a ratio of the ultimate hull girder strength to bending moment in damaged condition. Finally, results and insights derived from the present work are summarized.     

无线传感器网络安全路由协议SNEP的分析与仿真实现

以提供可靠保密通信为目标的安全路由协议的分析是无线传感器网络安全基本研究领域之一．阐述了针对无线传感器网络的攻击手段所采取的措施,研究了安全路由协议,重点研究了其中的传感网络加密协议（Sensor Network Encryption Protocol,SNEP）,并进行了仿真实现,最后针对无线传感网络的攻击方式对SNEP的安全性进行了分析．结果证明SNEP协议具有数据机密性、数据认证、防御重放攻击等安全服务．     

受径向冲击载荷圆柱壳瞬态响应的收敛性分析和比较研究

使用Flügge壳体理论和振型叠加法分析了圆柱壳受到径向冲击载荷时的瞬态响应。讨论了模态选取的数量对于响应量的影响,给出了非冲击面的响应曲线。比较分析了Timoshenko和Flügge两个理论之间响应量的差异。