Existing ships are not designed to accommodate new technologies or fuels, limiting their ability to reduce emissions and improve fuel efficiency. To fully capitalize on innovation, new ships must be specifically designed from the ground up to integrate new technologies.

Siemens Digital Industries Software announced today that it is collaborating with Compute Maritime (CML) to transform ship design and simulation and push the boundaries of generative AI in the ship design industry.

The project focuses on connecting NeuralShipper, Compute Maritime’s flagship platform for ship design and optimization, with Siemens’ Simcenter™ STAR-CCM+™ software for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and results validation.

Optimizing vessel performance during the design phase is critical. Compute Maritime’s Neural Shipper supports human ship designers as a digital ship designer during the early design phase. Quickly generate hundreds of design options in minutes, helping teams accelerate concept development and move quickly into the detailed design phase.

Siemens' CFD software, Simcenter STAR-CCM+, can then be used to automate the simulation process and accurately model complex ship behavior.

“Our collaboration with Compute Maritime represents a paradigm shift in ship design,” said Dmitry Ponkratov, Director, Shipbuilding & Offshore, Simulation and Test Solutions. “The combination of Neural Shipper and Simcenter STAR-CCM+ aims to redefine the way multidisciplinary design optimization is performed.”

“Not only will this enable the creation of new types of ships, it will also show designers how to automate the simulation process and predict real-world performance for even the most unconventional designs,” he said.

“Many modern ship design firms use Simcenter STAR-CCM+ for CFD simulations,” said Junaid Awan, CTO of Compute Maritime. “NeuralShipper and Simcenter STAR-CCM+ address this need by enabling rapid concept creation and robust design verification.” He is confident that the collaboration with Siemens will be a game-changing milestone.