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Tutor: José R. Marín L., jrmarin@espol.edu.ec
Septiembre 2020
RESUMEN
ABSTRACT
The inter-island transportation of passengers in Finally, the results of the optimization process
Galapagos is carried out in high speed boats were evaluated using the finite element method to
manufactured using Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic analyze the current and the optimized section. The
(GRP). The design of these boats does not structure was modeled with flat elements and
commonly follow the application of construction composite laminate type material; extreme cross
standards and therefore there is the possibility that sections were considered clamped. The load was
their structure is being oversized; In addition, these applied as a uniform pressure both on the bottom
boats navigate at high speeds and therefore it is and side of the structure, with different values in
advisable to investigate ways to reduce their weight. each region. It was verified that in the current
In this work, the structure of the central section of a section there is oversizing and that, in the case of
12-meter-long craft sailing at 25 knots was the optimized section, the stress levels do not
optimized. exceed the permissible ones.
Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming
(MINLP) was used for the optimization process, External layer (optimum) External layer (actual)
since in the structural design there are integer and
real variables. These mixed problems are usually
solved by applying the Branching and Bounding
algorithm. Due to the combination of variables, the
Gekko optimization library, capable of solving
MINLP problems through the Python programming
language, was used. The process was divided into
two phases, the first one optimizes the number of
stiffeners and the laminate of the plates; the second
one optimizes the dimensions and laminate of the
stiffeners.
The constraints applied correspond to the
requirements of the ISO 12215 standard: flexural
strength of plates and stiffeners, inter-laminar
resistance to shear of plates, stiffness of stiffeners,
and resistance to buckling of the web and flange of
reinforcements. As a result of the structural
optimization, the structural weight was reduced by
24%. Distribution of forces in local "x" direction of the bottom
plate in the current section (right) and optimized (left), [Pa]