Conceptual and Preliminary Design in Naval Architecture — Fluxiss Ship Design Services

What Is Conceptual and Preliminary Design in Naval Architecture?

To put it in simple terms, Conceptual and Preliminary Design is the starting point of each vessel. It is the initial phase where concepts are divided into practical designs. In Fluxiss, we take those initial sketches and transform them to the marine engineering plans that comply with the performance, safety, and global requirements such as ABS, DNV, and USCG.

We deliver conceptual and preliminary vessel design solutions to clients in the USA, UK, Europe and UAE. We cover areas between Houston and Southampton, Dubai and Rotterdam and, we offer a complete spectrum of ship conceptual design and preliminary ship design consultancy.

Hydrostatics & Stability Analysis — Keeping Your Vessel Safe and Balanced

By Hydrostatics and Stability Analysis we refer to the art of maintaining a vessel in the upright position, as a buoy, and as a safe vessel.

Our engineers conduct extensive ship hydrostatics analysis and vessel stability analysis engineering using high-quality software, such as Maxsurf Stability and NAPA:

We calculate:

  • Buoyancy and displacement of the ship.
  • Trim and heel calculation
  • Calculation of Metacentric height service.
  • Stability margin testing service.

These hydrostatic calculations for ship designs make sure that the vessel is IMO and SOLAS. We also provide hydrostatics and stability consultancy of ships, hydrostatics and stability audit and stability standards examinations of the ships at initial stages of designing.

Conceptual and Preliminary Design in Naval Architecture — Fluxiss Ship Design Services

Hull Form Optimization — Shaping Efficiency and Performance

  • Efficiency is determined by the hull design. Our hull form optimization service minimizes the drag and fuel consumption besides enhancing performance.

    Using the naval architecture hull form analysis and the CFD optimisation, we optimise vessel hull geometry and improve seakeeping performance.

    We specialize in:

    • Ship hull shape optimisation for speed
    • Vessel hull design for fuel efficiency
    • Hull form optimisation for drag reduction ship
    • Naval design hull form CFD optimisation
    Our hull form optimisation marine vessel design helps reduce resistance and improve operational range. Whether it’s commercial ships, offshore vessels, or defense craft, Fluxiss supports global shipyards with hull form optimization design, marine engineers, and hull form optimization for preliminary ship design.
Conceptual and Preliminary Design in Naval Architecture — Fluxiss Ship Design Services

Weights & Centers of Gravity Analysis — Achieving Balance from the Start

Every vessel needs balance. Our weights and centres of gravity analysis ensures that all components are distributed safely for performance and stability.

We perform ship weight distribution engineering and centre of gravity calculation for marine vessels during the preliminary ship design phase.

Our engineers deliver:

  • Vessel weight estimation preliminary design
  • Weight and CG analysis for ship design
  • Ship weight and balance design service
  • Weight and CG analysis for preliminary marine design

This operation makes it in accordance with design limits and enhances handling and safety. The naval architecture weight estimation of the vessel design to plan its building effectively is also supported by our ship weight and stability centre of gravity study.

Conceptual and Preliminary Design in Naval Architecture — Fluxiss Ship Design Services

Our Conceptual and Preliminary Ship Design Workflow

Conceptual ship design solutions and vessel concept design engineering in Fluxiss involves:

  1. Feasibility and mission study – operational and technical requirements.
  2. Concept development — creation of layouts, ship concept and layout design, and key parameters.
  3. Hydrostatics & weight calculations — running vessel preliminary design calculations and simulations.
  4. Documentation — preparation of reports, drawings and reports on the stability of the vessel.

All projects will be developed in compliance with international naval architecture preliminary design requirements and incorporate ship design feasibility concept stage analysis.

Conceptual and Preliminary Design in Naval Architecture — Fluxiss Ship Design Services

Why Fluxiss?

Fluxiss is a conceptual design naval architecture firm that is located in the USA and an expert in marine vessel conceptual design consultancy services in Europe, UK and UAE.

Our services include early-stage ship design services, hull concept design services and marine engineering services to shipyards and research institutes.

We adopt the concept of real-world engineering over theory – tradeoffs between innovation, safety and compliance.

Conceptual and Preliminary Design in Naval Architecture — Fluxiss Ship Design Services

Every Great Ship Starts with a Concept

In Fluxiss, conceptual and preliminary design is concerned with the foundation of all successful vessels. From hydrostatics to hull optimization and weight analysis, it is all about details.

Begin your next ship design with Fluxiss, a team that has learned performance as well as practicality.

Ready to Start Your Vessel Design Journey?

Our conceptual and preliminary design team will assist you in the design or redesign of a vessel.

Contact Fluxiss today to discuss your project and get started.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

It is the first step in which the vessel size, performance objectives, and viability are established prior to in-depth designing of the ship.

It maintains a balance, uprightness, and adherence of the vessel to international safety codes to minimize risks and enhance the stability of the vessel.

Fluxiss is an optimization of the vessel structure and fluid flow with the application of modern CFD and FEA simulations to provide more safety, efficiency, and performance without any inductions of the design to the rigorous industry standards. These tools add accuracy and innovation to any project.

It involves the calculation of total weight, position of CG, and distribution to enable the vessel to be safe, balanced and the total design efficiency.