Design of improved and competitive products using an integrated decision support system for ship production and operation

Project Information

IMPROVE

Grant agreement ID: 31382

Project closed

Start date 1 October 2006

End date 30 September 2009

Funded under

• Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Total cost € 3 352 174,00

EU contribution € 2 499 434,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY OF LIEGE
Belgium

Objective

The main objective of the IMPROVE project is to develop three new ship generations in an integrated multiple criteria decision making environment by using the advanced design synthesis and analysis techniques at the earliest stage of the design process, which innovatively considers structure, production, operational aspects, performance, and safety criteria on a concurrent basis. The product types focused on this project are new generations of LNG gas carriers and chemical tankers, and an innovative concept of a large Ro-Pax vessel. The specific objectives of the project are to: a) develop improved generic ship designs based upon multiple criteria mathematical models, b) improve and apply rational models for estimation of the design characteristics (capacity, production costs, maintenance costs, availability, safety, reliability and robustness of ship structure) in the early design phase, c) use and reformulate basic models of multiple criteria ship design, and include them into an integrated decision support system for ship production and operation. The objectives will be achieved by identification of new product concepts and stakeholders' requirements, establishing problem and model definition for design synthesis and analysis (WP2), identification of structural load and response calculation modules (WP3), assessment of production and operational aspects (WP4), integration of identified models from above-mentioned WPs (WP5), application of integrated IMPROVE platform for the design of three new product generations (WP 6-8), and exploitation and dissemination activities of the project results, and coordination of them within (WP9). This STREP project addresses the scientific, technological and wider societal and policy objectives of the Sustainable Surface Transport thematic priority, and in particular focuses on new ship generations through good product and production design (Research Domain 2.2). The project consortium consists of 18 complementary

Fields of science

• social sciences › political sciences › public administration › bureaucracy
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels › fossil energy › natural gas
• social sciences › social geography › transport
• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › vehicle engineering › naval engineering › sea vessels
• natural sciences › mathematics › applied mathematics › mathematical model

Programme(s)

• FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Topic(s)

• SUSTDEV-2005-3.2.2.2.4 - Research domain 2.2 (only for a new generation of products and systems in waterborne transport), research domain 2.3 (for all types of transport vehicles and vessels excluding passenger cars), research domain 2.4 and research domain 2.6.

Call for proposal

FP6-2005-TRANSPORT-4
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Funding Scheme

STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project

Coordinator

UNIVERSITY OF LIEGE

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Place du 20 Août,7 ; LIEGE ; Belgium
• Total cost: No data

Participants (16)

STX FRANCE S.A

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Avenue Bourdelle ; 90180 SAINT NAZAIRE
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ULJANIK BRODOGRADILISTE, D.D.(ULJANIK SHIPYARD)

Croatia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Flaciusova 1 ; 114 PULA
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STOCZNIA SZCZECINSKA NOWA SP. Z O.O.

Poland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: HUTNICZA 1 ; SZCZECIN
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ATLANTICA SPA DI NAVIGAZIONE

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: via M. Campodisola, 13 ; NAPOLI
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EXMAR MARINE NV

Belgium

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: de Gerlachekaai 20 ; ANTWERPEN
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TANKERSKA PLOVIDBA BRODARSKO DIONICKO DRUSTVO

Croatia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Bozidara Petranovica 4 ; 207 ZADAR
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BUREAU VERITAS

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 17 bis Place des Reflets ; PARIS LA DÉFENSE
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DESIGN NAVAL & TRANSPORT

Belgium

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Chemin des Chevreuils, 5 ; LIÈGE
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SHIP DESIGN GROUP

Romania

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Dogariei Str., No. 51 ; GALATI
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MEC INSENERILAHENDUSED OÜ

Estonia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Mäealuse 4B ; TALLINN
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HELSINKI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Finland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Otakaari 1 ; PL 1000 ESPOO
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SVEUCILISTE U ZAGREBU, FAKULTET STROJARSTVA I BRODOGRADNJE (UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB)

Croatia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Ivana Lucica 5 ; ZAGREB
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UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 16 Richmond Street ; GLASGOW
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CENTER OF MARITIME TECHNOLOGIES E. V.

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Bramfelder Strasse 164 ; HAMBURG
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BALANCE TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Contrescarpe 33 ; BREMEN
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WEGEMT A EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES IN MARINE TECHNOLOGY AND RELATED SCIENCES

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Upper Belgrave Street, 10 ; LONDON
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