Presented by Tiago Fernandes, Aerospace Engineer at Vera Navis
Over the past years, we witnessed a demand for increasing internal pressure on the cargo tank of specialized vessels. Despite all the experience in designing different vessel types, we found the need to use computational tools (FEM) to evaluate and re-design the main structure according to all new operational conditions.
At the beginning of the project we defined which were the more demanding operational load cases for the structure. Despite many advances and setbacks throughout the entire project, the team reached a solution to satisfy the client’s needs and, bearing in mind all the construction processes, to avoid complex challenges at future phases.
The global overview of the project, using cross-disciplinary and collective constructivism, contributed to a better end-product with lower risks and bottlenecks throughout the certification and construction phases of the vessel.
For SSI Conference 2019 EMEA, we gathered experts from across shipbuilding in Lisbon, Portugal to get their straightforward, easily implemented, takes on the topics that impact our industry most.