Webinar: Transforming the Offshore Industry Using Digital Twin Technology
Wednesday 9th November, 2022
5pm – 6.30pm (AEDT) / 4pm – 5.30pm (AEST)
First developed by NASA in 1960s, the digital twin (DT) technology has been increasingly adopted by offshore operators primarily for the purpose of an efficient management of their asset integrity. In this webinar, experts from the offshore industry will be talking about the digital twin concept, operational mechanisms, the process of IoT, big data, artificial intelligence, machine learning and the expected growth of the digital twin in the context of the offshore industry, and the applications of digital twin technology in different industries including the offshore oil and gas as well as renewable energy industries.
Presentation 1: Digital twin – a tool for complex system verification
Mr Rune Green, DNV Norway
During the last 2-3 decades the technology we use is getting more and more dependent on software components and we are going from physical systems to cyber-physical systems. This presentation will cover:
- What is a Digital twin
- Digital twin concepts
- Digital twin for testing of complex systems (integrated/autonomous)
- Use of digital twin in vessel life cycle
- DNV Rules, and Recommended Practices
Presentation 2: Sizing of Fatigue Cracks in Welded Plate Connections from a Sensor-Interfaced Local Digital Twin Approach
Associate Professor Xudong Qiane, National University of Singapore
Accurate estimation of fatigue crack sizes and prediction of the remaining fatigue life have remained as critical challenges for engineering structures in the marine and offshore environment.
This presentation introduces a sensor-interfaced local digital twin approach, which utilizes the strain data, coupled with an adaptive learning algorithm, to size the fatigue cracks in welded plate connections. In the digital prototype of the welded plate connection, the sizing of a fatigue crack is treated as a classification problem of “open” or “closed” nodes in a detailed 3-D model. The experimental validation of the laboratory scale specimens demonstrates the strong potential of the crack size forecasting through affordable strain data in marine and offshore applications.
Presentation 3: Digital Ecosystems Approach for Blue Economy Development
Dr. Michael L.S. Abundo, Chief Executive Officer, OceanPixel – Singapore
Various marine markets and industry ecosystems currently suffer from the lack of Offshore/Ocean/Marine sectors and market Intelligence and tools that are needed by stakeholders.
Digital technologies, tools, and approaches such as Digital Twins support sustainable development not only through a data revolution but also via the digital transformation of Blue Economy (BE) sectors. We will present projects and studies in South-East Asia that feature various aspects of the Blue Economy that already (and could continue to) benefit from Digital Twin technology: Marine Renewable Energy, Electrification of Small Vessels/Boats and Next Generation Aquaculture.
Presentation 4: Performance Digital Twins applications for Asset Integrity
Soma Maroju, BMT
Maintaining structural integrity is critical to the overall safe operation of a fixed or floating marine asset. Relying on instrumentation alone represents multi-faceted challenges. This presentation will introduce Performance Digital Twins from a Marine Structures perspective, discuss enabling technologies across the edge and cloud, and close with a discussion on the value to asset operators.
Presenters
Name: Mr Rune Green
Affiliation: Principal Engineer, Control System Advisory, DNV Norway
Dedicated manager with over 30 years of experience managing people and disciplines. Experience with strategy processes, project management and development of efficient tools for service deliveries. High focus on quality and meeting customer expectations and show value with innovative solutions in a digital transformation.
Name: Associate Professor Xudong Qian
Affiliation: Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore
Associate Professor Xudong Qian’s research work is mainly on offshore structural engineering, with particular emphasis on the following three aspects: nonlinear analysis of steel offshore platforms, cleavage fracture for ferritic steels in the ductile-to-brittle transition regime, and fatigue and fracture assessments for critical structural components. He is currently the Director for Centre of Advanced Materials and Structures.
Name: Dr. Michael L.S. Abundo
Affiliation: Chief Executive Officer, OceanPixel – Singapore
Dr. Michael Abundo is a green (and blue) techno-preneur who specializes in Marine Renewable Energy and other technology-enabled, innovation-infused sustainability transitions. He has over 15 years of experience in various roles in the Innovation and Research, Development, & Demonstration Ecosystems of the Asia-Pacific Region working with academe, industry, and government. He has contributed to the inclusion Marine Renewable Energy into South-East Asia’s Energy mix at various scales and for a spectrum of applications.
Michael is handling R&D/Project collaborations between industry, academe, and government focusing on Digital Transformation, Data Processing and Management, Autonomous Vehicles, Internet-of-Things (IoT), Digital Twins, Human Factors, etc in applications such as robotics, food security, resiliency, energy, defense, traffic management (air and vessel), sustainable operations, and the wider Blue Economy.
Name: Soma Maroju
Affiliation: BMT
At BMT, Soma oversees the business unit for data services. He also created BMT Deep, an ecosystem for offering Big Data and Cloud-based solutions that offer insights from enormous amounts of measured and modeling data. He has architected many data solutions and assisted in creating data product roadmaps for difficult business problems. He holds a Masters degree in computer science and a PhD in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering. He has extensive experience in asset monitoring and hydrodynamic assessment of offshore structures.
Facilitators
Name: Professor Chien Ming Wang
Affiliation: University of Queensland/BE CRC
Professor Chien Ming Wang is the Program Leader for Research Program 1 – Offshore Engineering & Technology. C.M. Wang joined the School of Civil Engineering, University of Queensland (UQ) in January 2017 as the Transport and Main Roads (TMR) Chair Professor of Structural Engineering. Prior to joining UQ, Professor Wang held the positions as the Director for the Engineering Science Programme and the Director for the Global Engineering Programme, at the Faculty of Engineering of the National University of Singapore.
He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering and Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers and his research interests include the development of very large floating structure (VLFS) technology for land creation from the sea and large offshore aquaculture farms.
Name: Dr Nagi Abdussamie
Affiliation: UTAS/BE CRC
Dr Nagi Abdussamie is the Deputy Program Leader for Research Program 1 – Offshore Engineering & Technology.
Dr Abdussamie has been a teaching/research member at the Australian Maritime College, University of Tasmania since 2013. Before that Dr Abdussamie was a marine surveyor with the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) which is one of the world’s leading classification organisations. His industry experience with ABS on several new building and operational projects of both ships and offshore structures has enabled him to effectively build his research portfolio and teaching philosophy. Research and teaching enable Dr Abdussamie to share his previous field experience with ocean engineering students in the classroom.
Dr Abdussamie’s primary research interests are the application of computational fluid dynamics techniques, experimental methods, machine learning tools and risk-based techniques for marine and offshore industries.
