Publications and communications of Jean-David Caprace

Articles in scientific journals with peer reviewing

Tekle Muhabie, Y., Rigo, P., Cepeda, M., de Almeida D'Agosto, M., & Caprace, J.-D. (2018). A discrete-event simulation approach to evaluate the effect of stochastic parameters on offshore wind farms assembly strategies. Ocean Engineering, 149, 279-290. doi:10.1016/j.oceaneng.2017.12.018

Rigo, P., Bayatfar, A., Buldgen, L., Pire, T., Echeverry Jaramillo, S., & Caprace, J.-D. (July 2017). Optimisation of Ship and Offshore Structures and Effective Waterway Infrastructures to Support the Global Economic Growth of a Country/Region. Ship Science and Technology, 11, 9-27. doi:10.25043/19098642.155

Buldgen, L., Le Sourne, H., Caprace, J.-D., & Rigo, P. (2017). Investigation of the added mass method for seismic design of lock gates. Engineering Structures. doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2016.10.047

Caprace, J.-D., Petcu, C., Velarde, M., & Rigo, P. (18 September 2013). Optimization of Shipyard Space Allocation and Scheduling using Heuristic Algorithm. Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 18 (3), 404-417. doi:10.1007/s00773-013-0217-2

Caprace, J.-D., & Rigo, P. (June 2012). Towards a Short Time "Feature-Based Costing" for Ship Design. Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 17 (2), 216-230. doi:10.1007/s00773-012-0163-4

Caprace, J.-D., & Rigo, P. (January 2012). A real-time assessment of the ship design complexity. Computer-Aided Design, 44, 203-208. doi:10.1016/j.cad.2010.12.005

Caprace, J.-D., & Rigo, P. (12 March 2011). Ship Complexity Assessment at Concept Design Stage. Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 16, 68-75. doi:10.1007/s00773-010-0107-9

Caprace, J.-D., Bair, F., & Rigo, P. (September 2010). Multi-criteria Scantling Optimisation of Cruise Ships. Ship Technology Research, 20, 04-14. doi:10.1179/str.2010.57.3.006

Caprace, J.-D., Bair, F., & Rigo, P. (July 2010). Scantling Multi-objective Optimisation of a LNG Carrier. Marine Structures, 23 (3), 288-302. doi:10.1016/j.marstruc.2010.07.003

Caprace, J.-D., Bair, F., & Rigo, P. (2010). Least Weight and Least Cost Optimisation of a Passenger Vessel. Mathematical Modelling in Civil Engineering, (2), 17-26.

Turan, O., Olcer, A. I., Lazakis, I., Rigo, P., & Caprace, J.-D. (2009). Maintenance/repair and production-oriented life cycle cost/earning model for ship structural optimization during conceptual design stage. Ships and Offshore Structures, 4 (2), 107-125. doi:10.1080/17445300802564220

Caprace, J.-D., Losseau, N., Bair, F., & Rigo, P. (October 2007). A Data Mining Analysis Applied to a Straightening Process Database. Ship Technology Research, 54 (4), 177-183.

Caprace, J.-D., Losseau, N., Bair, F., Rigo, P., & Archambeau, D. (October 2007). A Data Mining Analysis Applied to a Straightening Process Database. Ship Technology Research, 54 (4), 177-183.

Richir, T., Caprace, J.-D., Losseau, N., Toderan, C., & Rigo, P. (June 2007). Least Cost Optimization of Large Passenger Vessels. Ships and Offshore Structures, 2, 339-345. doi:10.1080/17445300701699507

Langer, Y., Bay, M., Crama, Y., Bair, F., Caprace, J.-D., & Rigo, P. (July 2005). Optimization of Surface Utilization Using Heuristic Approaches. Ship Technology Research, 52 (3), 141-147.

Bertram, V., Maisonneuve, J.-J., Caprace, J.-D., & Rigo, P. (May 2005). Rechnergestützte Baukostenschätzung im Schiffsentwurf. Schiff und Hafen Seewirtschaft, 5, 43-47.

Bertram, V., Maisonneuve, J.-J., Caprace, J.-D., & Rigo, P. (2005). Cost Assessment in Ship Production. RINA.

Scientific congresses and symposiums

Published communications

Muhabie, Y. T., Caprace, J.-D., Petcu, C., & Rigo, P. (2015). Improving the Installation of Offshore Wind Farms by the use of Discrete Event Simulation. In Improving the Installation of Offshore Wind Farms by the use of Discrete Event Simulation.

Amrane, A., Caprace, J.-D., & Rigo, P. (2012). Ship Structure Optimization Using CAD/FEM Integration. In 11th INTERNATIONAL MARINE DESIGN CONFERENCE. Glasgow, United Kingdom: University of Strathclyde.

Caprace, J.-D., Petcu, C., Velarde, M., & Rigo, P. (2012). Toward a Risk Based Simulation for the Erection of an Offshore Windmill Park. In Proceeding of the 11th International Conference on Computer Applications and Information Technology in the Maritime Industries.

Caprace, J.-D., Moreira Freire, R., Assiss, L. F., Martin Pires, C., & Rigo, P. (2011). Discrete Event Production Simulation in Shipyard Workshops. In Proceeding of the 21th COPINAVAL.

Motta, D., Caprace, J.-D., Rigo, P., & Boote, D. (2011). Optimization of Hull Structures for a 60 meters Mega Yacht. In Proceeding of the 11th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation (pp. 8).

Caprace, J.-D., Trevisani Da Silva, C., Rigo, P., & Martins Pires, F. C. (2011). Discrete Event Production Simulation and Optimisation of Ship Block Erection Process. In Proceeding of the 10th International Conference on Computer Applications and Information Technology in the Maritime Industries (pp. 271-282).

Rigo, P., & Caprace, J.-D. (2011). Optimisation of ship structures. In C. Guedes Soares, Y. Garbatov, N. Fonseca, ... A. P. Teixeira (Eds.), Marine Technology and Engineering (pp. 925-944). London, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis Ltd.

Caprace, J.-D., Bair, F., & Rigo, P. (2011). Early Structural Assessment and Optimisation of Passenger Ships. In Procceding of the International Conference on Design and Operation of Passenger Ships (pp. 17-26).

Caprace, J.-D., & Rigo, P. (2010). A complexity metric for practical ship design. In Proceeding of PRADS 2010.

Caprace, J.-D., Bair, F., & Rigo, P. (2010). Multi-criterion Scantling Optimisation of Passenger Ships. In 9th International Conference on Computer Applications and Information Technology in the Maritime Industries (pp. 56-64).

Caprace, J.-D., Aracil Fernandez, F., Hübler, M., & Rigo, P. (2009). Coupling Optiview and Production Simulation. In Proceeding of the 16th International Conference of Ship and Shipping Research.

Caprace, J.-D., Aracil Fernandez, F., Losseau, N., & Rigo, P. (2009). A Fuzzy Metric for Assessing the Producibility of Straightening in Early Design. In The 14th International Conference on Computer Applications in Shipbuilding (ICCAS) (The Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA), pp. 211-218).

Caprace, J.-D., Bair, F., Hübler, M., Lazakis, I., Turan, O., Zanic, V., Andric, J., Prebeg, P., & Piric, K. (2009). Production, Operation and Robustness Module [Paper presentation]. IMPROVE, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Rigo, P., Bair, F., Caprace, J.-D., Desmidts, D., Amrane, A., Constantinescu, A., Warnotte, R., Hage, A., Pircalabu, E., & Lapy, M. (2009). Tools for early design stage: presentation of LBR-5 Software. In V. Zanic & J. Andric (Eds.), Proceedings of IMPROVE Final Workshop (pp. 71-73).

Okada, T., Caprace, J.-D., Estefen, S. F., Han, Y., Josefson, L., Kvasnytskyy, V. F., Liu, S., Papazoglou, V., Race, J., Roland, F., Schipperen, I., Wan, Z., & Yu, M. (2009). specialist committee V.3 entitled "Fabrication Technology" of the 17th International Ship and Offshore Structure Congress [Paper presentation]. International Ship and Offshore Structure Congress (ISSC), Seoul, South Korea.

Caprace, J.-D., Marins, C., Losseau, N., Aracil Fernandez, F., & Rigo, P. (2009). Space Allocation Optimization Applied to Lower Hulls’ Production of Semi-Submersible Platforms. In COMPIT'09 (V BERTRAM, pp. 247-260).

Caprace, J.-D., & Rigo, P. (2009). Multi-Criteria Decision Support for Cost Assessment Techniques in Shipbuilding Industry. In COMPIT'09, Budapest (pp. 6-21).

Losseau, N., Caprace, J.-D., Aracil Fernandez, F., & Rigo, P. (2009). A Data Mining Analysis to evaluate the additional workloads caused by welding distortions. In MARSTRUCT'09 (pp. 10).

Caprace, J.-D. (2008). Contribution to the specialist committee V.3 entitled "Fabrication Technology" of the 16th International Ship and Offshore Structure Congress. In T. Borzecki, G. Bruce, Y. S. Han, M. Heinemann, A. Imakita, L. Josefson, W. Nie, D. Olson, F. Roland, ... Y. Takeda, Specialist committee V.3 - Fabrication technology (pp. 241-242).

Rigo, P., Pircalabu, E., Amrane, A., & Caprace, J.-D. (2008). Optimization or Rolling and Floating Lock Gates. In PIANC'08 (pp. 622-630).

Caprace, J.-D., Bair, F., Losseau, N., Warnotte, R., & Rigo, P. (2008). OptiView − A Powerful and Flexible Decision Tool Optimising Space Allocation in Shipyard Workshops. In Conference on Computer Applications and Information Technology in the Maritime Industries (COMPIT).

Losseau, N., Caprace, J.-D., Archambeau, D., Amrane, A., & Rigo, P. (2008). Estimation of Welding Distortions and Straightening Workload Through a Data Mining Analysis. In Design, Fabrication and Economy of Welded Structures (DFE).

Toderan, C., Guillaume Combecave, J.-L., Boukaert, M., Hage, A., Cartier, O., Caprace, J.-D., Amrane, A., Constantinescu, A., Pircalabu, E., & Rigo, P. (2008). Structural Optimization of a 220 000 m³ LNG Carrier. In Conference on Computer Applications and Information Technology in the Maritime Industries (COMPIT).

Richir, T., Caprace, J.-D., Losseau, N., Bay, M., Parsons, M. G., Patay, S., & Rigo, P. (2007). Multicriterion Scantling Optimization of the Midship Section of a Passenger Vessel considering IACS Requirements. In The 10th International Symposium on Practical Design of Ships and Other Floating Structures (PRADS).

Caprace, J.-D., Losseau, N., Archambeau, D., Bair, F., & Rigo, P. (2007). A Data Mining Analysis Applied to a Straightening Process Database. In Conference on Computer Applications and Information Technology in the Maritime Industries (COMPIT).

Toderan, C., Pircalabu, E., Caprace, J.-D., & Rigo, P. (2007). Integration of a Bottom-Up Production Cost Model in LBR-5 Optimization Tool. In Conference on Computer Applications and Information Technology in the Maritime Industries (COMPIT).

Caprace, J.-D., Bair, F., Losseau, N., & Rigo, P. (2007). Minimization of Production Cost by use of an Automatic Cost Assessment Method and Simulation. In The Euro-Asia Maritime Network (EAMARNET).

Toderan, C., Richir, T., Caprace, J.-D., & Rigo, P. (2006). Assessment of Ultimate Bending Moment of Ships from a Reliability Point of View, Using Independent Perturbations Method. In Network for Integrating Structural Safety, Risk and Reliability (ASRANet) (pp. 8).

Toderan, C., Richir, T., Caprace, J.-D., & Rigo, P. (2006). Ultimate Strength of Stiffened Panels Assessment Taking Into Account Model Uncertainty. In Proceedings of OMAE2006 (pp. 1-9).

Caprace, J.-D., Rigo, P., Warnotte, R., & Le-Viol, S. (2006). An Analytical Cost Assessment Module for the Detailed Design Stage. In Conference on Computer Applications and Information Technology in the Maritime Industries (COMPIT).

Rigo, P., Matagne, J., & Caprace, J.-D. (2005). Least Construction Cost of FSO Offshore Structures and LNG Gas Carriers. In ISOPE, The fifteenth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Seoul.

Bair, F., Langer, Y., Caprace, J.-D., & Rigo, P. (2005). Modelling, Simulation and Optimization of a Shipbuilding Workshop. In COMPIT'2005 -Conference on Computer Applications and Information Technology in the Maritime Industries, Hamburg.

Langer, Y., Bay, M., Crama, Y., Bair, F., Caprace, J.-D., & Rigo, P. (2005). Optimization of Surface Allocation using Heuristic Approaches. In COMPIT 2005 , Hambourg, Germany (Edt V Bertram, pp. 9).

Oral communications or posters

Motta, D., Boote, D., & Caprace, J.-D. (October 2011). Structural Optimization: LBR-5 Software and its application [Poster presentation]. INT-NAM11 - First International Symposium on Naval Architecture and Maritime, Istanbul, Turkey.

Caprace, J.-D. (August 2011). How to improve the ship efficiency [Paper presentation]. VI JORNADAS TECNICAS DE SISTEMA DE PROPULSION, Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Caprace, J.-D. (January 2011). Data Mining in Ship Construction and operation [Paper presentation]. SIIN'11 - Seminario de Ingenieria Naval "Desarrollo, Investigación y Divulgación Cientifica", Lima, Peru.

Caprace, J.-D. (September 2010). Linking design and production in computer applications for increased efficiency [Paper presentation]. II Simposio Internacional de Ingeniería Naval, Lima, Peru.

Book chapters and contributions to collective works

Rigo, P., Bayatfar, A., Echeverry Jaramillo, S., & Caprace, J.-D. (2019). Structural Design Optimization—Tools and Methodologies: Volume 1: Optimisation of Ship Design and Operation for Life Cycle. In A Holistic Approach to Ship Design. Springer.

Muhabie, Y. T., Petcu, C., Rigo, P., & Caprace, J.-D. (2016). Weather Down Time Analysis for Offshore Wind Farm Installations. In PIANC Yearbook 2015 (pp. 162-169). Brussels, Belgium: PIANC.

Caprace, J.-D., Schipperen, I., Andric, J., Brennan, D., Chou, C., Gordo, J., Lee, J., Li, S., Liu, S., Okada, T., Pires, F., & Yu, M. (2012). Specialist committee V.3 entitled "Materials and Fabrication Technology" of the 18th International Ship and Offshore Structure Congress. In W. Fricke & R. Bronsart (Eds.), ISSC'12 -- International Ship and Offshore Structure Congress (pp. 113-152). Hamburg, Germany: Schiffbautechnische Gesellschaft.

Theses and dissertations

Doctoral thesis

Caprace, J.-D. (2010). Cost Effectiveness and Complexity Assessment in Ship Design within a Concurrent Engineering and "Design for X" Framework [Doctoral thesis, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/41062

Master dissertations

Caprace, J.-D. (2003). Recensement et Caractérisation des Pièces Constitutives de la Structure Métallique d'un Navire à Passagers, sous la Double Vision : Produit Fini – Méthode de Production [Specialised master, Université de Liège - ANAST]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/18667

Caprace, J.-D. (2002). Développement et mise au point d’une boucle d’étalonnage pour vanne de régulation en vue d’une future accréditation [Master’s dissertation, Institut Supérieur Industriel de Bruxelles]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/30734

Learning materials

Course notes

Maus, H., & Caprace, J.-D. (2008). Organisation des chantiers navals. (ULiège - Université de Liège, CNAV0014-2).