In this webinar, learn how using simulation software to consider the mechanics and dynamics of extreme accidents during the shipbuilding design stage will considerably reduce the likelihood of collisions and groundings.
DATE / TIME:
April 30, 2025
11 AM EDT / 5 PM CEST / 8:30 PM IST
Venue:
Virtual
In the shipbuilding industry, ship accidents continue to occur regardless of prevention efforts. Certain extreme or accidental situations such as collisions and grounding need to be considered at the design stage. The rigid body dynamic program MCOL was developed in LS-DYNA and is used in simulation of ship collisions analysis.
This webinar spotlights LS-DYNA/MCOL-Aqwa coupling analysis. Hydrodynamic parameters such as the rigid body added mass matrix, hydrostatic restoring matrix, buoyancy parameters, and wave damping matrices for the body were previously provided by third-party software, but are now available in an MCOL input file such as an .mco file. We explore the development and implementation of this new and exciting workflow in which the Aqwa solver can automatically create the MCOL required hydrodynamic database, i.e. the .mco file.
Structural Engineers and Directors
