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Virtual prototyping for maritime crane design and operations

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This paper presents the implementation of the virtual prototyping system for maritime crane design and operations. The study is designed to bridge the following gaps in maritime crane system simulations. First, the virtual prototyping system introduces an open and flexible platform oriented to overall product and system design, modeling, simulation and visualization. Second, the virtual simulator for operations based on the proposed framework is reinforced by high fidelity models of physics and dynamics. The paper discusses the challenges in virtual prototyping of complex multi-domain systems from the perspectives of modern complex engineering system design, modeling and simulation of multi-domain dynamic systems, large set of data exchange for communication and visualization. The software architecture of the system is based on the application of the functional mock-up interface standard. This utilizes the current available modeling and simulation tools, and allows for the exchange and reuse of models. Simulations in a virtual environment permit the evaluation of multiple trade-offs and alternative solutions from early design stages. As a case study and verification, the knuckle boom crane systems were implemented. The virtual crane simulator proved the effectiveness of the proposed virtual prototyping system in solving the long-existing challenges in simulations of complex multi-domain systems.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank Prof. Hans Georg Schaathun for his advice on the software architecture, and Yuxiang Deng and Birger Skogeng Pedersen for their support on the implementation of crane designer tool to the VP framework. The project is financially sponsored by the Norwegian National Research Foundation (Innovation Projects for the Industrial Sector, MAROFF 235309, and Centre for Research-based Innovation, SFI 237929).

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  1. Department of Marine Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Aalesund, Postboks 1517, 6025, Aalesund, Norway

    Yingguang Chu

  2. Department of Ocean Operations and Civil Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Aalesund, Postboks 1517, 6025, Aalesund, Norway

    Yingguang Chu, Lars Ivar Hatledal, Houxiang Zhang & Vilmar Æsøy

  3. Institute for Ship Structural Design and Analysis, Technical University of Hamburg, Room 4.008 Schwarzenbergstraße 95 (C), 21073, Hamburg, Germany

    Sören Ehlers

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Chu, Y., Hatledal, L.I., Zhang, H. et al. Virtual prototyping for maritime crane design and operations. J Mar Sci Technol 23, 754–766 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00773-017-0509-z

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