Evolutionary Optimisation for Reduction of the Low-Frequency Discrete-Spectrum Force of Marine Propeller Based on a Data-Driven Surrogate Model

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Title: Evolutionary Optimisation for Reduction of the Low-Frequency Discrete-Spectrum Force of Marine Propeller Based on a Data-Driven Surrogate Model
Authors: Jing-Wei Jiang, Yang Yang, Tong-Wei Ren, Fei Wang, Wei-Xi Huang
Source: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Vol 9, Iss 1, p 18 (2020)
Publisher Information: MDPI AG, 2020.
Publication Year: 2020
Collection: LCC:Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering
LCC:Oceanography
Subject Terms: data-driven evolutionary optimisation, low-frequency discrete-spectrum force, propeller noise, neural network, Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering, VM1-989, Oceanography, GC1-1581
More Details: For practical problems with non-convex, large-scale and highly constrained characteristics, evolutionary optimisation algorithms are widely used. However, advanced data-driven methods have yet to be comprehensively applied in related fields. In this study, a surrogate model combined with the Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II-Differential Evolution (NSGA-II-DE) is applied to reduce the low-frequency Discrete-Spectrum (DS) force of propeller noise. Reduction of this force has drawn a lot of attention as it is the primary signal used in the sonar-based detection and identification of ships. In the present study, a surrogate model is proposed based on a trained Back-Propagation (BP) fully connected neural network, which improves the optimisation efficiency. The neural network is designed by analysing the depth and width of the hidden layers. The results indicate that a four-layer neural network with 64, 128, 256 and 64 nodes in each layer, respectively, exhibits the highest prediction accuracy. The prediction errors for the first order of DST, second order of DST and the thrust coefficient are only 0.21%, 5.71% and 0.01%, respectively. Data-Driven Evolutionary Optimisation (DDEO) is applied to a standard high-skew propeller to reduce DST. DDEO and a Traditional Evolutionary Optimisation Method (TEOM) obtain the same optimisation results, while the time cost of DDEO is only 0.68% that of the TEOM. Thus, the proposed DDEO is applicable to complex engineering problems in various fields.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2077-1312
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/1/18; https://doaj.org/toc/2077-1312
DOI: 10.3390/jmse9010018
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/e1ad06e4758a4fa7a2de3763d7d517f3
Accession Number: edsdoj.1ad06e4758a4fa7a2de3763d7d517f3
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:20771312
DOI:10.3390/jmse9010018
Published in:Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Language:English