Ship&Offshore | Issue 02/2017
Software helps predict product performance
The latest release of Siemens’ STAR-CCM+® software includes several new features to help enhance and accelerate scope for digital simulation to help understand how a product will perform in the real world using a digital twin – a precise virtual model of a product’s physical and performance characteristics. New analytical tools combined with enhanced visual realism enable STAR-CCM+ version 12.02 to help engineers unlock deeper meaning behind complex engineering simulations. Using features such as ‘Adaptive Gridding’ and the ability to simulate reactions in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC), users will be at the forefront of predictive engineering analytics which increases design efficiency, reduces costs and produces higher quality, innovative designs. Developed by Siemens’ product lifecycle management (PLM) software business, STAR-CCM+ is part of the company’s Simcenter™ portfolio, a robust suite of simulation software and test solutions, widely used in the maritime industry. “STAR-CCM+ version 12.02 is exclusively focused on making engineers more effective and enabling them to more quickly discover better designs faster, using predictive engineering technology,” said Jean-Claude Ercolanelli, senior vice president of Product Management at Siemens PLM Software.