Automated CFD Tools for the Design of Marine Propulsion Systems

TECHNICAL PAPER Automated CFD Tools for the Design of Marine Propulsion Systems V. Krasilnikov, B. Di Paolo | 2025 | IMAM 2025 Overview This technical paper presents automated CFD simulation tools developed using HELYX and integrated into the propulsor modelling suite AKPA developed by SINTEF Ocean. The work focuses on enabling robust and efficient CFD […]
Interactive Reduced Order Models for Ship Hull Design and Optimization Coupling an Open-Source CFD Tool with Advanced RBF Mesh Morphing

TECHNICAL PAPER Interactive Reduced Order Models for Ship Hull Design and Optimization Coupling an Open-Source CFD Tool with Advanced RBF Mesh Morphing E. Costa, B. Di Paolo, A. Krassas, P. Geremia, C. Groth, M. E. Biancolini, M. Camponeschi, U. Cella, E. Di Meo | 2025 Overview This technical paper presents a proof-of-concept numerical procedure for […]
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Open-Source CFD Solutions for the Marine Industry

WEBINAR ON DEMAND This webinar discuss ENGYS’ efforts towards enabling the marine industry to perform complex analysis tasks with HELYX and HELYX Marine Add-On. The marine industry utilizes computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for a variety of analysis and optimization tasks including calm-water ship resistance analysis; hull shape optimization; multiphase ship analysis with dynamic sinkage and […]
Open-Source CFD Solutions for the Marine Industry

Throughout the marine industry, there are many design and optimization challenges. Many of which can be further understood and solved by leveraging CFD simulation effectively. In a webinar, Paolo Geremia discussed ENGYS’ efforts towards enabling the marine industry to perform complex simulation and analysis tasks with HELYX and HELYX Marine Add-On to:
Alan C. McClure Associates Adds HELYX Analysis Software To Enhance Computational Fluid Dynamics Capabilities
Alan C. McClure Associates (ACMA), one of the industry’s premier naval architecture and engineering firms, recently announced that the company finished the installation, training and implementation of its new Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis software – HELYX by Engys. This software is based on OpenFOAM (Open Field Operation and Manipulation), an open-source CFD software library. […]
ENGYS releases HELYX® v2.3.0
ENGYS is delighted to announce the release v2.3.0 of HELYX, a comprehensive Computational Fluid Dynamics software solution for engineering design and optimisation based around our own advanced open-source simulation engine. HELYX v2.3.0 incorporates several new features, improvements and bug fixes with respect to v2.2.0, including an updated version of HELYX-Core v2.2-2.2 (ENGYS’ own enhanced open-source […]