Vancouver-based Autoship Systems Corporation's (ASC) hydrostatics and stability program Autohydro has marked its 30th year of development with the addition of some innovative new features and tools. A true 'floating simulator', the software reports the reaction of the model to various conditions such as a loading configuration, a damage situation, conditions involving outside forces, wind or high-speed turning momentum or combinations of these. It can also be used to obtain hull form characteristics and capacities and evaluate stability criteria. "Autohydro's current operating version has now evolved to 6.10," ASC tells The Naval Architect, "representing continual software improvement with features such as accidental oil flow performance, oil fuel tank protection, second method for intermediate steps during flooding calculations and dynamic limit detection." A recent beneficiary of the upgrades in the latest iteration of Autohydro is Floridian naval architecture and marine engineering firm Boksa Marine Design (BMD). ASC says it has enjoyed a long and successful relationship with BMD, with the two companies working closely together to deliver engineering packages for vessels ranging from workboats to commercial ships.
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