New trends in the industry require state of the art knowledge and experience to meet the coming challenges in the industry
In today's energy-conscious and competitive shipping industry where reduction of fuel consumption and increase of load carrying capacity is vital, a new trend towards an increasing use of novel, innovative lightweight structures, is emerging, shaping a new direction for ship structure technology.
DNV has carried out extensive R&D and developed tools and methods to ensure that the industry can meet the new challenges and unlock the full potential of lightweight structures while maintaining the same high level of safety as before.
The services are available for high speed craft, large commercial vessels and naval vessels.
DNV provides integrated services covering all aspects from early design development to design verification and documentation for class and authority approval.
Our technical consulting services cover the following areas:
- Fibre-Reinforced-Plastics composites and FRP sandwich construction
- Metal sandwich systems (I-core and SPS)
- Adhesive joints
- Material and geometry non-linear response
- Damage assessment and damage tolerances
- Fire safety
- Joining technologies
- Production
- Inspection
- Repair
Our technical consulting services cover the following services:
R&D
- Development of new technology
- Technical co-ordination
- Technical research
Calculations, testing
- Advanced FE and analytical calculations of structural response and strength
- Cost/benefit analysis for alternative solutions
- Design and conduct of material and structural test programmes
Advice
- Feasibility studies
- Product development
- Design (including joints and material selection)
- Risk-based design
- Vulnerability studies
- Production advice (including bonding)
- Selection based on cost/benefit
- Inspection and repair manuals for FRP ships/structures and other products
Third party
- Qualification of new products, concepts and materials
- QA in production
Education and training
- Courses and lectures
Our experience : Since the mid 1990s, the DNV composite group has been involved with many key civilian and military R&D and advisory initiatives in the field of FRP composites, as well as novel metal sandwich systems. Based on this knowledge and competence DNV offers a wide range of technical consulting services on novel designs and materials.