The SOMOS project
The SOMOS research project (Modular Solver and Simulator for Ships with Auxiliary Vessel Propulsion), led by ENSTA Bretagne and ENSM, in partnership with the École navale, aims to provide scientific advances and technological breakthroughs in digital tools for the design and operation of civil and/or military ships using auxiliary vesel propulsion.
More specifically, the aim is to develop and validate a software suite of numerical tools for rapid and accurate evaluation of the performance of different configurations given by a class of ship, a propulsion technology, an operational profile and/or a maritime route, in order to identify optimal configurations, and to apply these tools to situations of interest to maritime transport and defence.
Research theme: Energy transition and ship physics cluster
Project leaders: ENSTA Bretagne and ENSM
Other consortium members: Ecole Navale, LHEEA , IRDL, LabSTICC
Funding : Defence Innovation Agency (AID) – Ministry of Defence
Total budget: €1.6m, including €509,976 in subsidies
Start date: 01/01/2024
Estimated project duration: 4 years
Keywords: Auxiliary velocity propulsion, modular software suite, time solver, 3D simulator
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Contacts
ENSM point of contact :
Pedro MERINO-LASO – Research Fellow
pedro.merino-laso@supmaritime.fr
ENSM participants in the project :
Pedro MERINO-LASO – Researcher
pedro.merino-laso@supmaritime.fr
Samuel LE CAR – Teacher
samuel.le-car@supmaritime.fr
Florent RICHARD – Research Engineer
florent.richard@supmaritime.fr