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Preliminary Design

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Concept design; Design of submersibles; Design spiral; Detailed design; Empirical design; Hydrodynamic design; Multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO); Optimal design; Reliability based design (RBD); Structural design; Technical design

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Preliminary design of a submersible is a stage of the design of a submersible. The process of the design of a submersible may be referred to in chronological order as the (1) pre-design, (2) design, and (3) post-design, and then the design process is composed of three design phases: (1) basic design, (2) contract design, and (3) detail design. The basic design consists of concept design and preliminary design stages, and preliminary design is the second stage of basic design. Starting with baseline data provided by the selected concept design(s), preliminary design refines and firms up the significant characteristics of systems, constraint, and relative cost estimates. Consequently, it provides a precise definition of the mission...

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

    Min Zhao

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  1. Hadal Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China

    Weicheng Cui

  2. School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai, China

    Shixiao Fu

  3. School of Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University , Newcastle, UK

    Zhiqiang Hu

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  1. Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China

    Weicheng Cui

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Zhao, M. (2019). Preliminary Design. In: Cui, W., Fu, S., Hu, Z. (eds) Encyclopedia of Ocean Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6963-5_58-1

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