PLATFORM DESIGN FOR DELOS CONVERSION

Designer
Australian Marine Technologies Pty. Ltd., Australia

Shipbuilder
Tenix Defence Pty. Ltd., Australia

Project
Platform design for the conversion of the commercial 38,000 tonne Chemical / Oil Tanker Delos into the Royal Australian Navy's Auxiliary Oiler NuShip Sirius

ShipConstructor Modules
Structure, BuildStrategy, Nest

Project Highlights
ShipConstructor was used by Australian Marine Technologies Pty. Ltd. (AMT) for the design of a number of major structural sections within the project for the conversion of the commercial 38,000 tonne Chemical / Oil Tanker Delos into the Royal Australian Navy's Auxiliary Oiler NuShip Sirius. The project commenced in March 2005 with the converted ship delivered to the RAN on August 7, 2006. Tenix Marine is the prime contractor with AMT the platform design sub-contractor.

AMT utilised ShipConstructor's Structure, Nesting and BuildStrategy modules for the design of the aft flight deck and mid ships “A Deck” extension. These were modelled and exported to the shipbuilder for implementation and integration into the base ship. The structural design was also subject to LRS appraisal.

ShipConstructor was selected and used due to time constraints within the project. AMT's traditional methods of producing design documentation / production documentation were enhanced by utilising ShipConstructor to compress the time for some of these steps. Additional time was spent upfront in setting up the build strategy and communicating with the Tenix production team. However, this time spent enabled a smoother build with minimal time loss / rework at the construction phase.

ShipConstructor's default output drawings were enhanced by adding frame and longitudinal names, adding additional views and sections to enable the production team to understand the geometry of the base ships added modules.

Australian Marine Technologies Pty. Ltd. is supported by Formation Design Systems Pty. Ltd., SSI’s ShipConstructor representative in Australia.