HMC’s Hull Stress Monitoring System

HMC’s Hull Stress Monitoring System is a real time measuring method for continuously monitor the on-board stresses and forces in the hull. It also measures the motion fluctuations of the hull and wave heights around the ship.

It can be used either as stand-alone monitoring system or integrated in bridge information system. The system includes an alarm system for the crew in case the pre-defined design and operational strain limits are exceeded. The system processes, displays information and stores data for analysis.

The information displayed to the bridge includes:

Constructional strain, stress and fatigue
Motion Fluctuations

Optional

Translation to stress and bending movement
Check the maximum allowable bending movement

Advantages

HMC’s Hull Monitoring System offers the following advantages:

It offers the possibility of reducing hull repairs and the risk of damaging cargo.
It provides data to plan ship maintenance, minimizing condition-based maintenance and supporting the classification process.
Empirical measurement results of the system may result in the optimization possibilities for ship constructions and the reduction of costs.
The system promotes the safety of vessel, cargo, passengers and crew by allowing the officers to reduce hull strain and increase the durability of the hull.
The system enables the officer to operate the vessel prudently.
The system provides data to estimate the fatigue life of the hull; more over, this data can be used to improve the design of new vessels.
Finally, the system acts as a recorder, which enables owners to monitor the handling of their vessel.