Chinese Journal of Ship Research, Volume. 19, Issue 6, 3(2024)

Research progress and prospects of knowledge engineering technology in ship hull form design

Wei XIE1... Zuyuan LIU2,3, Baiwei FENG2,3, Helei YAN3 and Dalian ZENG4 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1China Ship Development and Design Center, Wuhan 430064, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of High-Performance Ship Technology, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430063, China
  • 3School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China
  • 4Guangxi CSSC Beibu Gulf Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Design Co., Ltd., Nanning 530028, China
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    With the vigorous development of artificial intelligence, knowledge-based engineering (KBE), as an engineering technology discipline that studies the intelligent processing of knowledge, has gradually become a research hotspot, and KBE-based ship design method have also received increasing attention. This article systematically summarizes and analyzes the application and development of KBE in the field of ship design in three aspects: overall conceptual ship design, hull structure design, and ship layout design. It also introduces two typical cases of the KBE application in ship hull form design and shipyard-institute collaborative design. Meanwhile, it summarizes and refines the main problems and constraints in the KBE application, and looks forward to the promotion of KBE development by large language model (LLM) technology. Through KBE technology, ship design can be intelligentized, relevant specifications and requirements can be quickly invoked, and the existing ship design knowledge that has been fully proven through practice can be stored and derived, thereby improving design efficiency and shortening the design cycle. However, the full application of KBE techniques still faces numerous challenges and requires further exploration and improvement.

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    Wei XIE, Zuyuan LIU, Baiwei FENG, Helei YAN, Dalian ZENG. Research progress and prospects of knowledge engineering technology in ship hull form design[J]. Chinese Journal of Ship Research, 2024, 19(6): 3

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    Paper Information

    Category: Theory and Method of Intelligent Design for Ship and Ocean Engineering

    Received: Jul. 4, 2024

    Accepted: Nov. 25, 2024

    Published Online: Mar. 14, 2025

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    DOI:10.19693/j.issn.1673-3185.04046

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