The 13 th International Conference on Computer and IT Applications in the[ds_preview] Maritime Industries (COMPIT) will be held from 12–14 May 2014 in Redworth/England. This year the conference will focus on energy system performance, numerical towing tanks and unmanned ships.
Performance insight simulations make bottlenecks and inefficiencies in onboard energy systems transparent. After hull and propeller, the limelight is now also on the main energy converters and on-board consumers – both for design and ships in operation.
Another focus is on »numerical towing tanks« – or better »numerical sea trials«. They become reality as the applications consider the full-scale ship. Especially for propellers and propulsion improving devices, CFD has become the tool of choice to improve or optimise performance.
A further topic at COMPIT are unmanned ships. Robotics is developing rapidly. Swarm robots working cooperatively are one major trend in marine robotics. The success of the small robots has whetted the appetite for the holy grail of ship automation – the unmanned ship.
The maritime event will cover three full days:
Day 1 – Ship design and associated issues such as computational fluid dynamics and energy system simulations used in concept design;
Day 2 – Ship product lifecycle management, issues of detailed design (including structural analyses), production and robotics;
Day 3 – Ship operation, these days with a strong focus on performance insight.
