10 1 Introduction

Fig. 1.12 Construction procedure of the ship and five key events

Fig. 1.13 Procedure of ship design

conceptual design (or contract design), initial design (or basic design), detail
design, and production design.
A workflow for the conceptual design is shown in Fig. 1.14. The conceptual
design starts with input data such as ship owner’s requirements and includes several
steps such as determination of principal dimensions, freeboard calculation, and so
on. Some of steps need iterations as time goes.
After the contract, initial design which includes hull form design, general
arrangement design, initial hull structural design, and initial outfitting design &
cost estimation is progressed. A workflow for the initial design is shown in
Fig. 1.15.