DNV - Software News no. 2 2006

DNV Software is committed to building strong industry brands to serve the market for our customers. Through our new brand architecture we give a clear message to the market. We strive to maintain our market leading position as a premium software suplier. This is only achieved when our customers are able to get return on investment from our products and solutions.

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Editorial: Building strong industry brands

DNV Software is committed to building strong industry brands to serve the market for our customers. Our goal is to enhance our reputation as a premium software supplier, helping you to optimise your engineering processes. Brix™ Foundation is our glue to support how you work, and it is a major building block for our industry brands. Brix™ helps you capture and maintain your best engineering practice. Nauticus™ is our family brand within the maritime industry, Sesam™ is our family brand within the offshore industry, and Safeti™ is our family brand within the process industry.

New brand architecture for DNV Software

The main goal for our new brand architecture is to give a clear message to our customers of what we can provide to the market. We strive to maintain our market leading position as a premium software supplier, which is a continuous battle. This is only achieved when our customers are able to get return on investment from our products and solutions.

A workflow implementation supporting the ship design process at DSME

In the business world’s race for companies to perform faster, better and cheaper, Business Process Management (BPM) and Workflow have been launched as the ‘Holy Grail’ to success.

Brix Foundation activities in Korea bring life to the DNV Software vision and strategy

DNV Software is currently carrying out several strategic projects in Korea, building on its vision and long-term strategy: ‘State-of-the-art engineering software integrated with workflow solutions offering an enhanced environment for good business performance, quality control and continuous learning within the organisation.’

The winner takes it all

DNV Consulting has carried out a survey among 17 top managers (CEOs, MDs and CFOs) of operators and licence holders in the North Sea regarding enterprise risk management. Here are some of the key findings, and Shell Norway’s Managing Director, Johan Nic. Vold’s thoughts on enterprise risk management in practice.

Korea Gas Corporation to use Safeti for QRA of gas plants

DNV Software is pleased to announce that the Research Centre of the Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) has recently purchased Safeti for use in QRA of its gas plants, along with a number of internal research projects focused on plant and operational modifications for safety performance improvement.

Third phase of joint industry project on flashing liquid jets and two-phase droplet dispersion

The third phase of a joint industry project (JIP) on flashing liquid jets and two-phase droplet dispersion was recently kicked off by DNV Software. The aim of the project is to increase the under-standing of the behaviour of flashing liquid jets, and to improve the prediction of droplet atomisation and rainout.

Parametric sensitivity analysis of Phast dispersion calculations

Recent changes to French legislation, concerning the prevention of technological risk, require industrial sites to calculate an effect distance for different accident scenarios, based on a detailed probabilistic risk assessment.

Phast FX linked to Visual Flow design tool

With the goal of making process safety a more mainstream activity, DNV Software and SimSci-Esscor have developed a link between Phast FX and Visual Flow.

Orbit Onshore Chinese version released

Orbit Onshore, the comprehensive inspection optimisation software tool for onshore chemical and petrochemical facilities, has been developed by DNV Software in simplified Chinese.

The impact of IACS Common Structural Rules

The International Association of Class Societies’ (IACS) Common Structural Rules (CSR) effective from 1 April 2006, applies to all bulk carriers, single or double side, equal to or above 90 metres in length, and to all double hull oil tankers equal to or above 150 metres in length.

Nauticus Hull new release

The IACS Common Structural Rules for Oil Tankers and Bulk Carriers will result in more robust ships being built. The new rules have also imposed additional requirements for strength assessment as the number of load cases to be considered has seen a dramatic increase in numbers.

CCS purchases Nauticus

DNV Software is to supply the China Classification Society (CCS) with the Nauticus software. This is a further indication of China’s technological advance.

Vikings on the move: New technology in testing old ships

The Museum of Cultural History in Oslo considers to move the more than 1,000-year-old Viking ships through Oslo to a new museum on the other side of town. DNV assists the museum in preparing a basis for decision making.

Yard seminar in China on Nauticus Hull and CSR for bulk carriers

During 2006, DNV Software and DNV Maritime arranged a number of one-day seminars for the Chinese shipbuilding industry on the brand new Nauticus Hull software with support for Common Structural Rules (CSR). This marks the starting point for DNV’s effort to scale up its worldwide activity to assist clients in implementing the CSR for bulk carriers.

DNV Software facilitating China’s maritime and offshore industries

With the latest purchase of Sesam, Shanghai Jiaotong University now have a total of four installations of Sesam at their School of Naval Architecture and Oceanic Engineering. This most recent Sesam package provides the university with a hydrodynamic tool for their industry-focused project, allocated to them by the Chinese Ministry of Education.

Motions and structural loads prediction using Wasim

Wasim is a time-domain motion and load prediction program capable of analysing practically any displacement vessel, including multi hull wave interaction and forward speed effects in its direct time step analysis. Since obtaining Wasim in January 2006, Viking Systems has used Wasim to predict motions and structural loads for trimarans, FPSOs, OSVs, and ocean-going barges in support of its structural designs.