Ship&Offshore | Issue 07/2012
The power of virtualisation
SIMULATION To study the consequences of specific types of accidents and identify the best response strategies as well as ensure availability of offshore structures, simulation is an invaluable tool. As sophistication rises, the required expertise to produce meaningful results is growing steadily, write Dr Volker Bertram, senior project manager at GL Group, and R.V. Ahilan, managing director of UK-based GL Noble Denton.