马肯岛号号航空母舰(LHD 8)是一艘双轴两栖攻击船,可在美国海军进行服务。近850英尺长,有超过40,000吨的全部位移,Makin Island可以携带和发射数十架直升机和着陆飞船。与较早的同类蒸汽动力船不同,Makin Island使用了带有燃气轮机的混合电力推进系统,用于高速行进和电动机,以进行高速运行。新的推进配置具有两个35,000 bhp燃气轮机,两个5000 bhp AC电动机和六个柴油发电机。
GasTOPS used Model-Based Design with MATLAB®和Sim金宝appulink®to model the LHD 8 propulsion plant and develop its control algorithms, simulate the electrical power generation and distribution system, and create a simulator-stimulator system for real-time hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing of the machinery control system. This approach enabled the team to identify potential problems before sea trials began.
“With MATLAB and Simulink, we can rectify issues early in the design phase,” says Shaun Horning, vice president of Technical & Engineering Services at GasTOPS. “Before the ship is built, we can analyze crash astern, crash ahead, and other maneuvers, and generate a set of expected results to compare with actual sea trial results.”