LincoSim gives the possibility, also for SMEs designing and manufacturing vessels, to use simulation and exploit the capabilities of supercomputers.

Application

LincoSim is applied in the early stages of the design process of the hull.

In LINCOLN it has been tested on two hulls and validated for those two hull against towing tank dedicated measures:

•       CFD data vs EXP data differences: between 5-10 % for drag and sink, below 15% for pitch values.

•       All relevant differential trends are well caught: i.e. using LincoSim or towing tank EXP data the same conclusion about hull performances can be drawn.

Benefits

·      Interactively usable by a non-expert user

·      Automatic and transparent respect to CFD modelling concepts and HPC facility deployment

·      Robust to different hull shapes and working conditions

·      Effective with respect to required key parameter indices used in hull hydrodynamics computations

·      Entirely realized with open-source software, cost-effective and easily customizable