La simulación en el diseño de los sistemas hidráulicos navales.

Naval hydraulic systems are pipe networks which intervene in most of the functions of a ship. This paper describes the design of a bilge and fire protection system for a ship, which is simulated with the EPANET software, in order to demonstrate the feasibility of the design of marine hydraulic systems based on computer simulation. It is concluded that integrating simulation to the design of these networks allows to configure systems so that the flow variables are within the recommended ranges and regulations; enables recreation of different system scenarios as well as variants analysis and gradual design; prevents selection of oversized or erroneous components thus allowing optimization of weights and costs of the systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]