First of all, HiMSEN is a series of marine diesel engines developed by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, known for their lightweight, high power and efficient design. They are used for ship propulsion and power generation, both on ships, but actually also on land. HiMSEN engines are available in models that can run on both diesel and natural gas.
So, it is in these engine environments that Altair and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries will collaborate to:
- Develop simulation platforms for environmentally friendly design and optimization of marine engines
- Use AI-driven technology to improve engine performance
- Perform predictive maintenance and diagnostics
- Improve engine safety through AI-based visualization technology
Worldwide Collaboration with Shipbuilders
The background also includes the fact that Altair has proven its technical expertise in simulation-driven design and AI-driven predictive analysis in many places, not least in automotive and in recent years also increasingly in aerospace & defense. But, also through collaborations with major shipbuilders worldwide, it has developed cutting-edge solutions. One such example is Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MDL), one of the shipyards in India, and the collaboration in several simulation areas. In these, MDL uses Altair’s solutions for simulation-driven design and validation, structural fidelity calculations, shock and vibration assessments, hydrodynamic loading, electromagnetic simulation and more.
Generally, in shipbuilding, Altair helps naval architects address complex technical challenges and mitigate environmental risks associated with seagoing loads, including structural, hydrodynamic, dynamic, thermal and fatigue, as well as surface and underwater weapon threats for the military and homeland security.
Altair’s HyperMesh in the Maritime Industry
Among Altair’s sharp and widely used digital tools in the field is HyperMesh, a leading finite element (FE) modeling solution that is evolving to become something of a standard for the maritime industry. The solution is a high-performance finite element preprocessor used to generate and manipulate meshes for simulation applications. It is part of Altair’s HyperWorks platform and provides tools for creating and managing complex models, offering manual, semi-automatic and fully automatic meshing options. HyperMesh is used in various industries for tasks such as CFD, FEA and SPH analysis.
Building FE models of ships and offshore structures has always been a significant challenge for maritime professionals. It is the bottleneck in making simulations efficient to meet the increasing demands of new regulatory frameworks.
With Altair’s solutions, users get efficient and robust modeling techniques for the maritime industry to overcome this challenge. This ensures fast and high-quality generation of FE models with full ship and offshore structure.
It can also be noted that HyperMesh seamlessly reads and outputs data from all common commercial CAD systems and CAE solvers. It also has specially designed interfaces with common marine CAD systems such as AVEVA Marine, FORAN and Smart Marine. Not least, the connections to AVEVA’s solutions are interesting as Siemens NX, according to the 2022 deal with Hyundai, was intended to replace these, among other things.
Structural and CFD optimization with Optistruct
Altair is also one of the world’s leading players in optimization technology, which has been used in many different industries for decades. On the maritime side, this means that Altair tools can be used to develop optimal solutions that meet design requirements with the least possible material mass and welding effort. This results in a ship that is cheaper to manufacture and maintain. Maritime professionals can also optimize the hull shape to reduce water resistance while increasing fuel efficiency and minimizing operating costs.
Another is to create efficient vessel and structural design with topology optimization to discover structures with better stress distributions and longer fatigue life. This is with the structural optimization tool, OptiStruct.
With this solution, you can optimize the thickness of steel plates and size plates automatically across the entire ship by using Optistruct’s size and shape optimization.
