Digital shipbuilder relieves designers and developers

AI Digital shipbuilder relieves designers and developers

2025-03-24 Source: Siemens Digital Industries Software | Translated by AI 1 min Reading Time

Siemens Digital Industries Software and the young company Compute Maritime are now working together with the aim of optimizing ship design and simulation using generative AI. The project focuses on connecting the Neural Shipper tool with Simcenter Star-CCM.

Siemens and Compute Maritime are working together to revolutionize ship design and simulation and push the boundaries of generative AI in shipbuilding.(Image: Compute Maritime) — Siemens and Compute Maritime are working together to revolutionize ship design and simulation and push the boundaries of generative AI in shipbuilding.
(Image: Compute Maritime)

The use of new types of fuel or energy-saving equipment can reduce emissions and significantly improve fuel efficiency. However, existing ships were not originally designed for such technologies or fuels, limiting the potential for maximum savings. To take full advantage of these advances, new ships must be built to incorporate the new technologies from the outset.

The synergy between Neural Shipper and Simcenter Star-CCM+ creates a simulation-based optimization pipeline. This enables rapid exploration of the generative design space in conjunction with optimizers. This allows global optima to be identified.(Image: Compute Maritime) — The synergy between Neural Shipper and Simcenter Star-CCM+ creates a simulation-based optimization pipeline. This enables rapid exploration of the generative design space in conjunction with optimizers. This allows global optima to be identified.
(Image: Compute Maritime)

"Our collaboration with Compute Maritime represents a paradigm shift in shipbuilding," said Dmitry Ponkratov, Marine Director, Simulation and Test Solutions, Siemens Digital Industries Software. "The combination of Neural-Shipper and Simcenter Star-CCM+ aims to redefine the way multidisciplinary design optimization is performed. It enables the development of new types of vessels and shows how designers can automate simulation processes and predict real-world performance, even for the most unconventional designs."

Optimization of ship designs through simulation

Optimizing ship performance during the design phase is critical. Compute Maritime's Neural Shipper serves as a digital shipbuilder that relieves the human shipbuilder in the initial design phase. It generates hundreds of design options within minutes, enabling teams to significantly accelerate concept development and quickly move into the detailed design phase. Simcenter Star-CCM+, the CFD software from Siemens, enables designers to automate simulation processes and accurately model the complex behavior of ships.

Many modern shipbuilding design offices already use Simcenter Star-CCM+ for their CFD simulations, so the cooperation with Siemens offers enormous added value. Neural Shipper and Simcenter Star-CCM+ make it possible to develop concepts quickly and validate designs robustly.

Junaid Awan, CTO von Compute Maritime

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