Design assessment of ships and offshore structures requires multi-disciplinary technical competence combined with knowledge of current market trends, R&D, and requirements from Class and Regulatory bodies

Purpose

Design assessment of ships and offshore structures requires multi-disciplinary technical competence combined with knowledge of current market trends, R&D, and requirements from Class and Regulatory bodies. The consultancy section for Hydrodynamics, Structures and Stability has a highly skilled and experienced group of engineers covering various topics related to design assessment of ships and offshore structures. Examples are feasibility studies of new designs for ship structures and cargo containment systems, and verification analyses for fatigue and ultimate limit state design.

Benefits

Long experience in the consultancy market related to practical ship design assessment ensures high quality services within this field.

Features

The consultancy services offered by the section cover many different topics and require application of different tools and often multi-disciplinary competence. Features which are coped with are

• FE analysis (SESAM, Nauticus, Abaqus)

• Strength verification (stress assessment and buckling control)

• Fatigue assessment (simplified or stochastic)

• CAP Fatigue

• PLUS Class Notation (fatigue analysis)

• CSA-2 Class Notation (direct load and strength assessment)

• Design assistance

• Concept evaluation

• Strength verification

• Full Scale measurements

• HMON Class Notation (hull monitoring)