Application Research of Visual Simulation Technology in the Field of Marine Engine Room Simulator

Abstract:

To improve the training effect of marine engine room simulator in the aspect of training marine engineer and save the cost of training in real ships, this paper extends the framework of traditional marine engine room simulator by taking full advantage of visual simulation technology and the configuration of framework is presented. The framework is divided into three parts by functionality which is three-dimensional engine room visual simulation side, server side and two-dimensional marine engine room simulator side and the function of each part is also described in details. To implement the function of interaction and collaborative operation of marine engine room simulator under this framework, communication protocol between three-dimensional side and two-dimensional is established and processing mode of interactive entity is designed. This marine engine visual simulation training system has been applied to actual training, achieved better training effect and save the cost of training in real ships of marine education effectively.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 644-650)
• Pages: 3350-3356
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.644-650.3350
• Online since: September 2014
• Authors: Hao Sheng Shen*, Jun Dong Zhang, Yan Biao Li, Fei Han
• Keywords: Collaborative Operation, Communication Protocol, Interactive Entity, Marine Engine Room Simulator, Visual Simulation

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