Design Analysis and Optimization of Parallel Motion Fender
| Author(s) | : | Zala Mohitsinh S, Kunal J. Motwani, Navnit J. Patel |
| Institution | : | Mechanical Engineering Department, HJD-ITER Kera -Kutch |
| Published In | : | Vol. 2, Issue 5 — May 2015 |
| Page No. | : | 1144-1149 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
In this study collision analysis for the parallel motion fender system that designed to protection of collisionbetween vessel and port was performed for the ABT 3200DWT GENARAL CARGO ship size, the impact forces and theimpact energies were estimated by berthing energy calculations. Ship fenders often take large impact during berthing.This study presents a design and analysis of current parallel motion fender system and modified parallel motion fendersystem. In optimization maximum fatigue life, minimum shear stresses and min von -mises stresses are set as threeobjectives and the diameter of torque arm pin, torque arm pin distance and distance between two brackets are selectedas three design variables. Non-linear FE analysis is first carried out to capture the impact response of force. Afterwardsparametric studies are performed to investigate the influence of different variables on the design objectives. A taguchimethod is used for design of experiments. ANSYS14.1 workbench is used for analysis. The optimum set is defined as thesolution with the maximum fatigue life.
Zala Mohitsinh S, Kunal J. Motwani, Navnit J. Patel, “Design Analysis and Optimization of Parallel Motion Fender”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 2, Issue 5, pp. 1144-1149, May 2015.
