Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University ›› 2013, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (06): 928-931.

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Optimization of Multipurpose Ship Structures Based on Particle Swarm Approach

HE Xiaoer,WANG Deyu,XIA Lijuan
  

  1. (State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China)
  • Received:2012-07-05

Abstract:

This paper established a finite element model for the cargo areas of the multipurpose ship. It then implemented PSO to optimize complex ship structures using matlab to call the finite element software. This approach obtained relatively better results compared with the results obtained by using the GA algorithm, validating the application of PSO in the optimization of complex ship structures.
 

Key words: ship structures, optimization; particle swarm optimizer(PSO)

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