Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University ›› 2025, Vol. 59 ›› Issue (8): 1092-1102.doi: 10.16183/j.cnki.jsjtu.2023.576

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TSM-TLHS Prediction Method for Assembly Deformation of Large Curved Thin Plates in Shipbuilding

JIN Xuancheng1, HONG Ge1, GAO Shuo1, XIA Tangbin1,2(), HU Xiaofeng1,2, XI Lifeng1,2   

  1. 1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
    2. Fraunhofer Project Center for Smart Manufacturing at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201306, China
  • Received:2023-11-14 Revised:2023-12-29 Accepted:2024-01-12 Online:2025-08-28 Published:2025-08-26
  • Contact: XIA Tangbin E-mail:xtbxtb@sjtu.edu.cn

Abstract:

During the block assembly, large curved thin plates (such as outer plates) undergo deformation due to the force of gravity when they are placed on the jigs, which affects the accuracy and quality of the block assembly in shipbuilding. In order to predict the deformation of these large curved thin plates within a given jig layout, this paper introduces a Transformer-based surrogate model with two-stage Latin hypercube sampling (TSM-TLHS). Primarily, compared to traditional approaches, the two-stage Latin hypercube sampling (TLHS) method enables direct sampling of irregularly shaped thin plates. Simultaneously, this paper uses a Transformer-based surrogate model (TSM) incorporating multi-head attention modules and positional encoding to comprehensively consider the impact of jig positions and corresponding node displacements on thin plate deformation. Real case results demonstrate that the prediction error of this TSM-TLHS method is only 61 μm, meeting the on-site assembly precision requirements for predicting plate deformation. This facilitates timely anti-deformation compensation by block in shipyards, ensuring assembly quality.

Key words: block assembly, curved thin plates, deformation prediction, surrogate model, Latin hypercube sampling

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