Open AccessParameter optimization of sea waterway system dredged to the specified depth case of the modernized Świnoujście-Szczecin fairway
Author(s) -
S. Gucma
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
archives of transport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.309
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2300-8830
pISSN - 0866-9546
DOI - 10.5604/08669546.1225461
Subject(s) - minification , marine engineering , engineering , civil engineering , system optimization , computer science , mathematical optimization , mathematics , programming language
The paper presents a methodology for designing and optimizing the parameters of reconstructed marine waterways dredged to a certain depth. The reconstruction comes down to a particular deepening and widening of the waterway to permit operation of longer, broader and deeper drawing ships. The methodology, based on a systemic approach to the design and optimization of waterways, uses the method developed at the Marine Traffic Engineering Centre (MTEC), Maritime University of Szczecin and methods of computer simulation. The optimization criterion used is the minimization of the aggregated costs of construction and operation of the waterway and its navigation systems.