Design of Marine Structures Through Morphing Method and Its Supporting Techniques

摘要

External forms of marine structures directly influence their performance. Therefore, it is important that their shapes are optimized in the design process. Modern design optimization techniques often require fast evaluation of large number of design alternatives, and morphing techniques have the ability to generate a large number of designs on demand. Morphing is a geometric interpolation technique that changes one object into another and is capable of creating an infinite number of intermediate forms from parent models. This paper discusses the application of a morphing technique for rapid generation of marine structures. In addition, the paper presents several supporting techniques for addressing some of the problems associated with morphing. It has been found that the morphing technique is a useful additional tool for product design optimization.