HANSA 12-2017

Schiffstechnik | Ship Technology
Siegerbeitrag
HIPER AWARD
Source: JSTRA
(life cycle assessment) including ship recycling
would also be affected.
We may see increasingly high-performance
materials with a variety of new
features such as transparency, ability
to reactively adjust shape or mechanical
properties (biomimetic technology),
self-healing, intelligence (with sensors
embedded).
Simulation and Design
Along with increasingly available HPC
(High Performance Computing), our capabilities
in simulation have progressed,
e.g. modeling directly complex turbulence
or hydro-elastic fluid-structure
interaction for ships. Simulation will
proceed towards multi-scaled and/or
multi-physics models, with high accuracy
and high reliability. In the future, we
can analyze and determine the behavior
of ships or systems by only simulation
(simulation-based design or one-shot
manufacturing). Tailored on-demand
production will be taken for granted in
the future society.
In addition, simulation will spread
to include non-technical aspects, such
as the human element in a system (behavior
model, human simulation, soft
computing) or business models (Product-Service
Systems, PSS). The focus
will spread from the product itself to
its service to maximize the product
value. With respect to ship technology,
various simulation technologies which
are not only extensions of the classical
applications (stability, hydrodynamics
and structural behavior) are expected
to evolve and support design and operation.
Data science or statistical science is
likely to become more important and
widely used. The importance of »data science«
is recognized as the fourth science
(fourth paradigm). For example, physics-based
simulation will be enhanced
and/or supplemented by data mining,
Big Data analyses and employing artificial
intelligence (AI) techniques such as
machine learning.
In the design field, design errors are
minimized by visualization and advanced
verification, using a wide range of
techniques including 3D CAD and Virtual
Reality / Augmented Reality (VR/AR)
technology.
Manufacturing and Construction
By introduction of the IoT (Internet of
Things) in the production site, soon steel
plates will be automatically conveyed by
machines communicating with each other
based on a predetermined construction
plan from steel cut stage to the various
assembly stages.
Further, it will be possible to record
the complete building process through a
spreading monitoring network of wearable
devices all over the shipyard. These
devices enable real-time traceability of
the whole ship construction, allowing
also quantification of a shipbuilding site’s
ability or work skill.
Current standard procedures may
change by the introduction of ICT technology.
Currently, the design department
and the production site have different
roles and are separated in the shipyard
organization. It is also believed to be
more effcient to divide work processes
as much as possible. With ICT technology,
especially with the spread of wearable
devices or AR technology, information
is integrated between the design department
and the production site. Digitiza-
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