AVEVA Hull Finite Element Modeller™

Rapid and efficient Finite Element mesh creation direct from AVEVA Hull Structural Design

AVEVA Hull Finite Element Modeller accelerates the Finite-Element Analysis (FEA) workflow by the automatic creation of efficient Finite Element meshes from AVEVA Hull Structural Design, and data transfer directly into ANSYS Mechanical or other third-party programs for stress and vibration analysis.

Three equivalent models of a hull part

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~/media/Aveva/English/Products/Images/Hull FEM/Hull Structural Model.ashx?w=307&h=206&bc=whiteA hull structural model
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More Features

AVEVA Hull Finite Element Modeller is the result of extensive collaboration between AVEVA and leading shipbuilders having expertise across a wide variety of vessel types. It therefore combines computational power and accuracy with high usability, so that hull designers can create and validate their designs with speed and efficiency.

High productivity

Users have achieved 30–50% man-hour reductions on analysis tasks, and indirect savings through improved design quality and reduced rework.

Broad applicability

Developed and tested to handle a wide variety of vessel types, including naval frigates, mega-yachts, ferries, container ships and tankers.

Powerful idealisation

User-configurable, rule-based idealisation techniques 'understand' shipbuilding design practice.
Intelligent filtering and simplification enable faithful and computationally-efficient idealisation.

Ease of use

Select model objects to be analysed from a navigation list.
Employ local, global or detailed analysis as required.
Optimised default parameters require little or no adjustment for normal purposes.
Review idealised structure in navigable 3D view.

Easy transfer to analysis

The selected idealisation can be exported as an ANSYS APDL file, or in XML format.
Export the idealised model, the FEM model, or both.
Relevant attributes are transferred, including units system, plate thickness, steel quality, beam cross-sections and moments of inertia, and panel dependency.

Reduced costs

Reduce man-hours for initial finite element mesh creation, or revision following structural design change.
Easier, earlier, quicker analysis enables design simplification, especially on unusual hull designs.
Early design correction avoids costly rework in production.

Quicker delivery

Reduce project delays caused by late-emerging design changes and rework.
Reduce contingency planning.

Better design quality

Easier analysis workflow promotes more thorough design development.
Easier analysis of local, highly-stressed areas enables better quality design.
Easy mesh updating enables additional analysis later in the design process, using the most accurate and complete hull model.

Reduce project risk

Begin construction work with increased confidence.
Reduce the risks and contingencies in tackling unconventional designs.

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By using AVEVA Hull Finite Element Modeller on a frigate project, we believe we can reduce the time needed for detailed Finite Element meshing by approximately 1000 hours.

TKMS Blohm+Voss Nordseewerke

Read the full story about Hull Finite Element Modeller in use at TKMS BVN in the Pipeline magazine e-book.