• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.496-510
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• 2016

Simulation technology is a type of shipbuilding product lifecycle management solution used to support production planning or decision-making. Normally, most shipbuilding processes are consisted of job shop production, and the modeling and simulation require professional skills and experience on shipbuilding. For these reasons, many shipbuilding companies have difficulties adapting simulation systems, regardless of the necessity for the technology. In this paper, the data model for shipyard production simulation model generation was defined by analyzing the iterative simulation modeling procedure. The shipyard production simulation data model defined in this study contains the information necessary for the conventional simulation modeling procedure and can serve as a basis for simulation model generation. The efficacy of the developed system was validated by applying it to the simulation model generation of the panel block production line. By implementing the initial simulation model generation process, which was performed in the past with a simulation modeler, the proposed system substantially reduced the modeling time. In addition, by reducing the difficulties posed by different modeler-dependent generation methods, the proposed system makes the standardization of the simulation model quality possible.

• IE interfaces
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.230-240
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• 2002

Information technologies centered on the internet in the area of shipbuilding and marine engineering further incur the needs to increase the flexibility of the organization, the dispersion of work process, and the use of out sourcing, as well as the globalization of related market. In near future, electronic commerce and concurrent engineering based on CALS/EC and the Internet will be an integral part of the environment and upon these changes, ship design and construction will become a computer supported cooperative work of many dispersed and specialized groups. As the means of active response to these environmental changes, many new concepts such as digital shipbuilding, virtual shipyard, and simulation based design are appearing. In this paper, the concept and current status of digital manufacturing in general manufacturing industry will be reviewed. Then, related technologies, area of application and methods of digital manufacturing in shipbuilding and marine industries are presented. In addition, virtual assembly simulation system for shipbuilding(VASSS), a tool for crane operability and block erection simulation in virtual dock based on 3D product model, will be introduced.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.17 no.8
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• pp.1761-1768
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• 2013

Digital shipbuilding is a technology to reduce the total cost and lead time inevitably made by reschedule and rework in a shipyard. Strategic planning should be undertaken in order to have an effect on the applicable field. We aim at planning a strategy of digital shipbuilding technology by analysis of production planning workflow in this paper. In the basis of BPR methodology, the as-is business process is analyzed to build an workflow model, and derive the bottleneck business process. We dig into the inside details of the process to illustrate an diagram of the core improvement opportunities, and perform process simulation not only to create the application scenarios but also to expect the main effects. The application strategy will make a basic sketch to save both the production cost and time for high quality products in the shipyards.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.37 no.5
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• pp.190-197
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• 2023

In the shipbuilding and marine industry, digital transformation activities are promoted primarily by large shipyards. However, bottlenecks are observed across value chains, and digital transformation effects are reducing because of the cost and technical challenges encountered by supplies. In this study, we proposed a win-win cooperation model for large, small, and medium-sized companies using digital transformation based on the characteristics of the shipbuilding and marine industry through case studies. We investigated the digital transformation progress in German and Korean small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In addition, we identified information-sharing methods and management challenges encountered in enterprise resource planning and manufacturing execution systems in the collaboration process of pipes, panels, blocks, etc. of SMEs that are suppliers of a Korean shipyard, and clarified communication by building a platform based on a common format between shipyards and suppliers. Further, we proposed a standard model of a digital transformation system for enhancing the collaboration between large companies and suppliers and proposed a basic plan including strategies to efficiently and effectively build a digital transformation system based on the standard model.

• Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.67-75
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• 2008

In spite of rapidly increasing interests in digital manufacturing, there still lacks of a systematic approach in manufacturing line flow analysis via modeling and simulation; currently, the parameters for designing manufacturing line are defined by being solely based on engineers experiences. The paper proposes an application of the genetic algorithm to a discrete event line simulation finding optimal set of parameters for manufacturing line balancing problem. The proposed method has been applied to two example problems-one is a simple manufacturing model and the other for shipyard industry-in order to demonstrate its validity and usefulness.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.43 no.2 s.146
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• pp.228-235
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• 2006

Nowadays, digital manufacturing has been known to be very effective method in manufacturing fields. It is aimed to estimate process time, to improve operation efficiency, and to prevent bottleneck processes in advance of real manufacturing. This paper addresses a scheduling support system for panel hues in a shipyard through digital manufacturing simulation. The proposed system supports operators to make better decisions on the shop-floor scheduling in panel lines. It ,would provide a complete schedule that is at least as good as any schedule currently obtained. Furthermore, it can evaluate the operator's schedule by simulating it with 3-dimensional models before the work orders and schedules are released.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.15 no.9
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• pp.1854-1864
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• 2011

Production planning is one of the most important activities in shipbuilding enterprises. Shop-floor supervisors and planners still do not have enough information to effectively analyze shop operations because of the difference between production planning and shop-floor scheduling. In this paper, process analysis was conducted between production planning and shop-floor control to clarify the difference, and the necessity of the manufacturing execution system(MES) was derived in a shipyard. Therefore, the simulation-based ship production execution system(SPEXS) was defined by analyzing characteristics of MES. The architectural functions of the system were deducted from the process of requirement analysis. The SPEXS' framework was constructed on the basis of the architectural functions. This framework will provide more reliable production schedules and allow engineers to plan and control shop operations in real-time.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.15 no.11
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• pp.2313-2320
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• 2011

The management of a panel block shop in a shipyard is a complex process that entails the largest amount of work and in which many decisions are involved. Shipbuilders have considered the process as a bottleneck since every panel for every ship and offshore hull structure must be processed through the shop. In order to maximize process productivity, simulation-based ship production execution system(SPEXS) is proposed for panel block operations utilising discrete-event simulation and simulated annealing. An application of panel block assembly shop, called SPEX-Panel supports production planners by general dispatching rules and metaheuristics to make better scheduling decisions on the shop floor. In addition, the system will help increase productivity in the yard with continuous improvement.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.55 no.4
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• pp.361-369
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• 2018

The ship surveyor makes a scheme of reasonable ship operation by examining whether the ship has been properly constructed in accordance with the rule of classification societies and international conventions or whether the facilities of the ship in operation meet the standard stipulated by law. Even though the ship surveyors of classification society generally consist of people who have the skill of design or operation of a ship, it takes a long time to train a surveyor to the maturity level. This paper describes the development of survey simulator based on virtual ship environment that enables the surveyor minimize trial and errors to survey the ships. By using VR(Virtual Reality) based survey simulator, surveyors possibly achieve improvement of competence in survey quality by means of safe and immersive training environment. In order to improve the usability and utility of the VR simulator, the ship 3D model has been generated using 3D CAD model for design and production in shipyard. Through this, we suggested the possibility of consistent use of 3D model as the digital twin of a ship.

• TTA Journal
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• s.126
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• pp.24-29
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• 2009

IT조선 융합의 목적은 조선산업에 IT기술을 접목해 조선산업의 초인류화를 달성하여 향후 5~10년 후에도 조선강국을 유지하고자 하는 데 있습니다. 이를 위해 정부에서는 제품의 고기능화 및 제조업의 고부가가치화를 위해 IT산업의 주력산업과 융합을 통한 10대 전력산업 중심의 이행계획으로 'IT융합 발전 전략'을 마련했습니다. IT조선 융합 분야에서는 IT융합을 통한 선박건조(Digital Shipyard), 선박통합통신망(SAN)이 적용된 지능형 선박(Smart Ship), 항로최적화 등을 위한 선박운항 기술개발 등이 고려될 수 있습니다. 국제적으로 EU, 미국, 일본 등에서 대형 프로젝트를 통해 기술개발을 완료하고 e-Navigation 정책의 국제적 합의 도출을 기다리는 상황입니다. e-Navigation은 선박의 안전항해를 실현하기 위한 방법으로써 선박에 사용되는 IT기자재의 표준화와 항해사의 의사결정을 도울 수 있는 도구 개발에 핵심을 두고 있습니다. 이를 위해 선내 모둔 기자재는 네트워크에 연결되어 선박의 항행정보와 선박기자재의 운전정보 등이 실시간으로 모니터링 되고 용이하게 제어되어야 하며, 이러한 정보는 육상에서도 모니터링 되고 필요시 육상에서 항해사의 의사결정을 도울 수 있어야 합니다. 정보교환을 위해서는 선박과 육상(Ship-Shore), 선박과 선박(Ship-Ship) 사이에 끊임없고 신뢰할 수 있는 통신채널이 유지되어야만 가능합니다. 이를 기반으로 e-Navigation의 최종 실현목표인 해양환경보호 및 항해 안전과 선박의 안전을 달성할 수 있으므로 표준화 분야도 이 범주 내에서 이루어져야 할 것입니다.