Ship design is a complex engineering effort required excellent coordination between the various disciplines and essentially applies iteration to satisfy the relevant requirements, such as stability, power, weight, and strengths. Through, all-in-one Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) approach is proposed to get the optimum performance of the ship considering three disciplines, power of ...

In this paper an effort is made to represent the behaviour of a ship propulsion system comprising a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) driven by a 6-pulse driving system using the Direct Torque Control (DTC) control technique. The DTC technique cited is emulated via MATLAB's Simulink toolbox while all study cases are performed successfully in MATLAB's Power System Blockset environment.

There is a proliferation of “smart” devices for industrial and commercial systems employing embedded processor, sensors, logic, and communications. Along with benefits provided such as enhanced control and diagnostics, there is a commensurate increase in system complexity and the need to effectively manage real time dynamic system components. A framework for managing complex, dynamic, coupled e...

The use of DC Zonal System (DCZEDS) is evaluated as a potential simulation testbed for self-reconfigurable control research in electric power distribution systems. The DCZEDS is a SIMULINK TM implementation of a Ship DC distribution system. Our review shows that the testbed is relevant with potential applications to ship and other electric power distribution systems. Sample simulation results a...

Viewing a ship as a weapon system is not a new concept. An excellent example is the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) Submarine. Within its community, the FBM is perceived as a weapon system consisting of the weapon subsystem, the navigation subsystem, and the ship subsystem. There are good engineering reasons for this view: allocating resources, organizing information, and providing coordination. ...