QSHIP HYDRODYNAMIC SUITE
QSHIP offers a hydrodynamic suite for seakeeping calculations and workability. The hydrodynamic suite contains (depending on the selected version) two potential flow methods; the strip theory code SHIPMO and the panel code SEACAL. QSHIP calculates the motions of a ship in waves. Based on this, QSHIP can calculate the downtime based on exceedance of user-defined criteria like accelerations or seasickness levels.
INTEGRATED APPROACH
The workflow of QSHIP provides guidance and easy use of the complete chains of pre-processing, calculations and post-processing.ConvertHullForm
Calculations start with a description of the hull shape, either by panels or sections. The included ConvertHullForm tool and optional Rhino plugin convert a wide range of file formats into the appropriate QSHIP format.SHIPMO
SHIPMO is the MARIN implementation of strip theory. It is the fastest way to obtain a first reliable impression of the ship motions. SHIPMO gives an answer in a few minutes, depending on the number of headings, speeds, frequencies and sections.SHIPMO provides the transfer function in all 6 degrees of motions and has different methods to include the viscous roll damping. It can include damping contributions from appendages like fins, rudders, skegs and anti-roll tanks. Because of the strip theory assumptions, SHIPMO is limited to slender ship types.
SEACAL
The SEACAL code is being developed by the MARIN Cooperative Research Ships (CRS) and includes an implementation of 3-dimensional potential theory. Since panel codes use a more detailed description of the hull, the diffracted and radiated waves can be accounted for in all directions. Therefore, SEACAL is not limited to the slender ships only, but can also be used for more full ships. Detailed calculations provide improved results of the relative wave height and added resistance in waves. All options on roll damping and appendages are taken care of by the user interface and are equal to those available in SHIPMO. Calculation times are reduced by taking advantage of all computer cores. Nevertheless, the more detailed methods of panel codes will take several hours to compute, depending on the number of panels, headings, speeds and wave frequencies.Uptime/downtime analysis
In the MARIN OpCal code of QSHIP the significant numbers for a range of signals can be calculated for any sea state. In the operability viewer, these are combined with actual wave statistics to evaluate the time that a criterion is exceeded in that specific location. This includes the calculation of comfort indicators such as MII, MSI and local accelerations but also relative wave elevation.Contact
Jaume Hernandez Montfort
Project Manager Ships
USER GROUP
QSHIP has an active user group which meets once a year. In this meeting the QSHIP users receive first-hand information on new features and code improvements by our QSHIP developers and domain experts. At the same time QSHIP users can give their feedback and express future wishes for QSHIP.