Seminar 2nd November 2015 10 a.m. 176/2013
Computational Modelling for Shipping - Opportunities and Challenges
Prof Fai Cheng
Lloyds Register
- Categories
- NGCM
- Submitter
- Susanne Ufermann Fangohr
Lloyd's Register Group Limited (LR) is a global independent risk management and safety assurance organisation that works to enhance safety and to approve assets and systems at sea, on land and in the air.
Summary
The ability to simulate ocean environment and its interaction with ships using computational modelling has progressed rapidly during the last several decades and has fundamentally changed the design process. Advanced simulation capabilities not only enable reductions in uncertainties and model test requirements, but also provide added physical insight, enable better and safer designs at reduced cost and risk.
Despite the impressive progress, simulations for design purpose stay at a component or section model level for speed and cost reasons. Many challenges remain in the computational modelling of ocean environment, ocean-ship interactions, ship-ship interactions, human-ship interactions, risk quantifications and big data analytics for making sense of data from ship operations. With the rapid advances in power and affordability of high performance computers, opportunities are offered to simulate behaviours using more realistic models for enhanced safety and better operational efficiency.
The presentation aims to highlight some opportunities and challenges to computational modelling for ship design and operation.
Bio
Professor Cheng is Head of Research and Technology, responsible for long term research, technology innovation and the development of future scenarios. Primary activities include driving collaborative research and the development of relationships with research communities world-wide. Professor Cheng is Fellows of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects and of the Institute of Marine Engineers Scientist and Technologies. He is visiting Professors to the Wuhan University of Technology China UK, to the Southampton University UK and the University of Strathclyde UK.