2025-09-10 –, Forum
Marine operations are often developed with the use of numeric simulation, in particular lifting operations and transfer of cargo between different units at sea. The effect of the environmental conditions is often the limiting factor and must be included together with models of different components and sub-systems. This paper describes an approach to synchronize spatial and temporal environment information such as universal constants, current, wind, and wave for use in co-simulations of marine operations. Co-simulation models in marine operations will inherently use physical constants, wind and current velocities to calculate forces. Wind and current velocities can have spatial and temporal variations that require the models to synchronize the values. In the event of simulations in waves, the position of the ocean surface, wave particle velocities must be coherent between individual co-simulation models. Further complicating matters is the case of propulsors that produce forces by creating local currents. This paper suggests a structured description of an environment for co-simulation of marine operations. This is exemplified by the implementation of a co-simulation of an offshore lifting operation where vessel, crane, propulsors and lifting load are all integrated with a common environment.
Karl Gunnar Aarsæther is an Associate Professor at UiT – The Arctic University of Norway and Research Scientist at SINTEF Ocean, specializing in marine technology and aquaculture systems. He holds a PhD in Marine Technology from NTNU and has extensive experience as a researcher at SINTEF Ocean. His expertise includes simulation, ship dynamics and aquaculture structures.