Marine - Simcenter

What’s new and exciting in Simcenter Nastran 2606 and Simcenter OptiStruct 2026.1 releases

July 6, 2026

What if your solver stopped making you choose between fidelity, speed and focus? Engineering teams are under pressure from every…

By Stephen White and Jonathan Melvin

7 MIN READ

Operational Deflection Shapes: From frequency peaks to understanding structural motion

July 1, 2026

Discover how Operational Deflection Shapes (ODS) reveal real-world structural motion, helping engineers diagnose NVH issues, identify vibration sources, and accelerate troubleshooting with Simcenter Testlab.

By Markus Brandstetter

6 MIN READ

Simcenter PhysicsAI Geometric Deep Learning

Beyond the solver: How Geometric Deep Learning is reshaping CAE

June 10, 2026

Discover how Geometric Deep Learning powers Simcenter PhysicsAI to deliver fast, accurate CFD & FEA surrogate models – cutting simulation time from days to seconds.

By Nachiket Patil

9 MIN READ

Illustration of executable digital twin for a wind turbine

Simcenter Executable Digital Twin: 2604 release updates

April 21, 2026

High-fidelity digital twins are transforming how products are designed and validated. But for many organizations, their true value stops at…

By Christina Kothlow and Leoluca Scurria

3 MIN READ

Optimizing vessel propulsion power: a critical strategy for maritime sustainability

May 30, 2025

Ships are the backbone of the global transport network. Ensuring their efficiency is vital, both now and in the future. How can system simulation optimize vessel propulsion power and ensure fuel efficiency?

By Marie Loison and Elspeth Mosedale

3 MIN READ

Join us at Realize LIVE Europe, the best way to accelerate your digital transformation

April 23, 2025

This is the agenda of the Simcenter Systems track at Realize LIVE 2025 Europe with 30+ presentations from customers across all industries. Looking forward to seeing you there!

By Stephane Neyrat

5 MIN READ

From noisy ship cabins to restful nights: tackling noise and vibrations for smoother sailing

February 20, 2025

Trying to sleep on a ship, but noise and vibrations are testing your patience? Test them back!
Discover Simcenter testing techniques to gather a ship’s NVH data and analyze it thoroughly yet easily to better understand it.

By Mostapha Choukri

5 MIN READ

Pushing the boundaries of ship design and simulation with Generative AI

February 13, 2025

Siemens Digital Industries Software and Compute Maritime are collaborating to transform the future of ship design, powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI) and cutting-edge technology

By Marie Loison

3 MIN READ

Foils, foils and more foils

November 15, 2024

45,000 km or 24,300 nautical miles. Every four years. Around-the-world. Many flying on foils to the most remote corners of the oceans. Solo-sailing, non-stop, no-assistance in an 18.288m or 60-foot IMOCA-class boat. This is the Vendée Globe.

By Jenn Schlegel

5 MIN READ