An effective plate bending process by line heating can be achieved when the heating conditions are properly selected to produce desirable bending or inplane deformations. To make such decisions on he heating condition, the relation between heating conditions and deformations must be clarified. For his purpose, the authors studied the similarity rule which holds for the line heating process and derived wo parameters governing the deformations. Also, they developed new three-dimensional finite-element method codes as versatile tools to replace costly experiments. The validity of these codes is examined through comparison with an experiment, and they are applied to study the general relations between he parameters and the deformations of plates.

Keywords:
Artificial Intelligence, Thickness, experiment, november 1994, planning & scheduling, heating condition, deflection, ship production, similarity rule, relation
Subjects:
Artificial intelligence, Information Management and Systems
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1994. The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
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