Co-Creation Project:
PRE-Virtual Sea Trial
Time Period: 1.3.2023 - 1.9.2023
Goals: To Plan, Roadmap, and Establish the Virtual Sea Trial (PRE-VST) project consortium.
Partners: Novia University of Applied Sciences, Åbo Akademi University
In order to demonstrate the relevance and feasibility of the Virtual Sea Trial co-innovation project, the following open questions are to be answered:
- Which onboard systems and tests can benefit the most from virtual testing?
- What are the current main bottlenecks of commissions and trials?
- What are the current practices, trends, and infrastructure for virtual testing in the shipbuilding industry and by research organizations?
A collaborative effort between researchers and industry experts from the whole shipbuilding ecosystem is required to answer these questions.
Co-Innovation Project:
Virtual Sea Trial
Project application to be submitted in fall 2023.
Keywords: Shift-left testing; One Sea Trial; Reducing costs, risks, and emissions of shipbuilding and commissioning; Lowering the risk of implementing innovations.
Ecosystem: Meyer NEcOLEAP Veturi
The Virtual Sea Trial project aims to develop a unified, distributed test environment for virtual sea trials and commissioning for the whole shipbuilding ecosystem. Sustainable, reliable, and greener testing and commissioning procedures are achieved by including radical new ideas on creating virtualized, shared testing environments from which the whole shipbuilding ecosystem can benefit.
Co-Simulated Sea Trial
The aim is to demonstrate that it is technically feasible to perform virtual commissioning and trial tests early in the shipbuilding process. System-level testing requires collaboration between the shipyard and vendors. Thus, a network-distributed test platform for co-simulation is to be developed. We aim to show through proofs-of-concept that simulated sea trials can ensure that a single shortened sea trial will be sufficient to pass all future ship commissioning.
Automatic Verification & Validation
The goal is to develop simulation-based verification and validation methods for maritime systems. Verifying that components and systems meet requirements and specifications and validating the system-level performance early in the shipbuilding process ensures that delays in commissioning can be minimized.
Future Business Models
The goal is to streamline the commissioning process by implementing new agile work processes. Establishing clear guidelines for information exchange, system specifications, and collaboration among stakeholders in the shipbuilding sector is crucial in achieving this objective.