Multi-disciplinary Computational Tools for Naval Design

This STTR provides the Navy with a unique opportunity to fundamentally change the way ship design and analysis is accomplished by defining in Phase I the tools and computational infrastructure required to integrate selected individual specialty design and analysis tools into an overall Naval Engineering Analysis Tool (NEAT). NEAT, when mature has the potential to significantly reduce the design and analysis cycle time which will allow earlier inclusion of higher fidelity analysis into the design process. This will establish the integration framework that relatively easily allows the inclusion of specialty analysis such for the assessment of IR, EM, and acoustic signatures, along with explosive damage and implosion. This will reduce design cost, improve mission performance, reduce technical risk during acquisition and get systems to the fleet earlier with a higher state of initial maturity.