Please have a look at the selection of press articles below. It facilitates you a deeper look into the subject of simulation-driven design, what to achieve with the engineering environment FRIENDSHIP-Framework and where to place future technology developments.

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2011

Better Economics with a Safer Tanker - BEST-plus, A novel Aframax crude oil tanker concept (English); Wirtschaftlicher und sicherer - BEST-plus, Ein innovatives Aframax-Rohöltankerkonzept (German); nonstop, GL Group magazine, 01/2011

2010

For the sake of better designs (English); The Naval Architect, September 2010, In-depth CAD/CAM

Advanced design technology streamlines complex projects (English); Voith Turbo Marine's use of the FRIENDSHIP-Framework, Marine Propulsion, September 2010

Effizienter Schiffsentwurf, Nachbericht zum EUMC 2010 (German); Schiff und Hafen, August 2010, Schiffbau & Schiffstechnik

Coupling CFD and CAE for higher efficiency (Japanese); Daily Kaiji Press, June 16, 2010

Leistungsfähigerer Schiffsentwurf durch integrierte Simulation (German); Schiff und Hafen, April 2010, Schiffbau & Schiffstechnik

Container ship benefits from hydrodynamic optimisation (English); Marine Propulsion, March 2010, container ships

Friendship's simulation-driven upgrades (English); The Naval Architect, January 2010, Feature 3

New approach to VPP (English); Ship & Boat International, April 2010, Yacht design and construction

Simulated Prototyping (English); Effizienz in Simulation (German); nonstop, GL Group magazine, 01/2010

2008

HSVA extends hull form capability (English); The Naval Architect, September 2008, German Marine Industries

HSVA's use of the FRIENDSHIP-Framework (Chinese); The Naval Architect, September 2008

DSME sharpens edge for 14,000 TEU carrier (English); The Naval Architect: Design and Construction of Containerships 2008, Design

2007

Simulation-driven ship design (Chinese); Schiff und Hafen, November 2007

Generalized Lackenby (Chinese); The Naval Architect, November 2007

The tools are at hand (English); The Naval Architect, September 2007, CAD/CAM update

Friendship-Framework – integrating ship-design modelling, simulation, and optimisation (English); The Naval Architect, January 2007, CAD/CAM update

2006

OptiSWATH. A new way towards optimum SWATH design (English); HANSA, November 2006, Shipbuilding Research & Development

Fundamentals of advanced hydrodynamic design (English); The Naval Architect, April 2006, CAD/CAM update