6 December 2023
Our technical experts were delighted to take part in the recent two-day technical conference, Engine as a Weapon, which explored the opportunities and challenges of manufacturing, integrating and supporting complex systems and equipment at the forefront of naval technology.
We delivered industry-leading talks on a range of topics, from Autonomous Vessels to Digital Twin in Ship Design. These presentations are now available to download as papers:
The Impact of Dual Energy Saving Technologies on a Frigate’s Duties
Overview: This paper presents the outputs of a study which explored the benefits of operating with two different types of energy saving technology (EST) on BMT’s Venator 110m frigate.
Author: John Buckingham
Changing Definitions of Digital Twin in Ship Design
Overview: This paper explores the different roles, definitions and purposes of a digital twin in an attempt to demystify the technology. By exploring different case studies and applications can we once and for all define a digital twin?
Author: Jake Rigby
Autonomous Surface Vessels and Design Availability
Overview: This paper discusses how a future proliferation of Autonomous Surface Vessels (ASVs) demands a different philosophy to designing for availability without the benefit of a crew continuously on hand as in the conventional sense. This paper makes the case for an even more focused and systematic treatment of availability directed at the lack of onboard support than previously considered, and a potential way forward.
Authors: Ian Savage and Eshan Rajabally
Fire Protection for Naval Autonomous Vessels
Overview:This paper considers the nuances of fire protection requirements and functional solutions for the new generation of Naval Autonomous Surface Vessels (NASV).
Authors: Ian Savage and James Glockling
Naval Autonomous Surface Vehicle Recoverability
Overview: This paper aims to provide the goals and functional objectives against the 7 pillars of recoverability for NASVs, which provides the handrail for designs to achieve a recoverability solution appropriate for its size, cost, importance, and environment in which it operates, but always against a known baseline.
Authors: Ian Savage and Simon Bartlett
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This paper outlines what we mean by complex projects, Systems Thinking, emergent properties and benefits management, and proposes the benefits of combining these to aid successful project delivery.
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The third article in our Bias series, this piece focusses on hindsight bias. It can have severe implications for project management, impacting the assessment of decisions, hindering learning, and contributing to overconfidence in (and in turn the potential jeopardising of) project success.
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In recent years, bias in the workplace, both subconscious and overt, has come under intense scrutiny. In this bias series, we will be looking at some of the lesser-known workplace subconscious biases: what they are; how they affect you and your colleagues, and what you can do to tackle them. In this first article, we examine the negatives and - perhaps surprisingly - the positives of a bias that affects everyone nearly every day: optimism bias.
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Confirmation Bias: what is it? How does it affect you? Can you overcome it? Welcome to the second article in our bias series on some of the lesser known subconscious biases in the workplace.