785. Weight Distribution Requirements for Modular Ship Construction in the Preliminary Design Phase
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Abstract
The competitive nature of the total package concept presently used by the Navy for procuring ships has increased in number and complexity the problems faced by today’s ship builders. In order to compete effectively, the ship builder must be able to develop the optimum design from the standpoint of performance, procurement cost, and life cycle cost and must be able to prove to the Navy’s satisfaction that this has been accomplished. As a result, the ship builder must improve and optimize design and production techniques. Examples are the ship designers’ new and almost complete reliance on high speed electronic data processing equipment and, in production, the construction of ships by modules.
The construction of ships by modules introduces the problem of three dimensional mass distribution of the ship components. This paper presents a three dimensional mass distribution technique and explains how this gives the weight control engineer the capability to respond to questions concerning weight distribution in a minimum of time and with a maximum of flexibility and accuracy.
