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Deviation diagnosis and analysis of hull flat block assembly based on a state space model

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Dimensional control is one of the most important challenges in the shipbuilding industry. In order to predict assembly dimensional variation in hull flat block construction, a variation stream model based on state space was presented in this paper which can be further applied to accuracy control in shipbuilding. Part accumulative error, locating error, and welding deformation were taken into consideration in this model, and variation propagation mechanisms and the accumulative rule in the assembly process were analyzed. Then, a model was developed to describe the variation propagation throughout the assembly process. Finally, an example of flat block construction from an actual shipyard was given. The result shows that this method is effective and useful.

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  1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China

    Zhiying Zhang & Yinfang Dai

  2. State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China

    Zhen Li

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Foundation item: Supported by the National Science Foundation of China (Granted No.70872076) and Science Innovation Action Planning of Shanghai 2011 (No.11dz1121803).

Zhiying Zhang was born in 1971. He is currently an Association Professor in School of Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University, China. He received his PhD degree from Beijing Institute of Technology, China, in 2003. His research interests include production planning and scheduling, Industrial Engineering. He is a member of Chinese Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.

Yinfang Dai was born in 1986. She received M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Tongji University, Shanghai, China in 2012. Her research interests are the quality improvement methodologies for complex manufacturing processes, and advanced statistics and engineering knowledge.

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Zhang, Z., Dai, Y. & Li, Z. Deviation diagnosis and analysis of hull flat block assembly based on a state space model. J. Marine. Sci. Appl. 11, 311–320 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11804-012-1138-x

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