Technology Centre for Offshore and Marine, Singapore - TCOMS

08/08/2024

02/05/2024

Congratulations to our ENSURE programme collaborator Professor Sam Ge and Dr Liang Xiaoling from National University of Singapore and TCOMS co-author Bernard HOW for being recognised by WILEY as the “Top Cited Article 2022-2023” in the IET Control Theory & Applications Journal.

Find out more on this link:
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The ENSURE programme stands for “Enhancing Offshore System Productivity, Integrity and Survivability in Extreme Environments”. It was a Research &Development programme focused on smart offshore systems that is funded by the Industry Alignment Fund of the RIE2020 Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering domain in Singapore.

30/01/2024

Our team has recently published a paper in Ocean Engineering, focusing on the deterministic prediction of vessel motion in real-time using Artificial Neural Network (ANN).

In this paper, we introduce a framework that leverages physics-informed feature extraction to significantly enhance the efficiency and accuracy of ANN training compared to traditional "brute force" methods. This feature extraction method can be automated, paving the way for future advancements in the ANN training and testing pipeline.

We tested the framework for the motion predictions of a turret-moored Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) vessel (simulated experimentally in the TCOMS ocean basin) and the results are promising, with an error down to 6% for surge, heave and pitch motions.

Interested to learn more? Read the full paper

This paper describes the development of a framework for deterministic vessel motion prediction in real-time using an Artificial Neural Network (ANN), …

10/11/2023

To all our Hindu friends, Wishing you a Happy Deepavali!

10/11/2023

Congratulations to our Seatrium and American Bureau of Shipping - ABS partners on the achievement of this significant milestone! TCOMS is proud to be in collaboration with Seatrium and supporting them in achieving the world's first offshore platform Structural Health Monitoring Notation. This initiative recognises the use of smart solutions to enhance safety and structural integrity in the maritime and offshore sectors.

Find out more on the ABS press release here:

Latest Stage in the Smart Journey to Transform Operability and Efficiency for Offshore and Marine

02/11/2023

Our heartiest congratulations to our Board Director Mr Quek Gim Pew for the PSTA2023 award! Mr Quek is a founding member of TCOMS's Board of Directors since TCOMS's incorporation as a company since October 2016. We are honoured to be a beneficiary of Mr Quek's insights and experience as well as guidance in growing TCOMS as a national R&D centre dedicated to marine & offshore, maritime and other ocean-related sectors.

💬 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬:
This year’s President’s Science & Technology Awards ( ) and Young Scientist Award ( ) winners share a common heart to nurture Singapore’s future scientists, researchers, and innovators.

For Mr Quek Gim Pew, this year’s PSTA top winner, this conviction has stayed with him through his four-decade long career. Mr Quek is the 2023 recipient of the prestigious President’s Science & Technology Medal ( 🏅).

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12/10/2023

The Technology Centre for Offshore and Marine, Singapore (TCOMS) was honoured to host Senior Minister and Coordinating Minster for National Security Mr Chee Hean earlier today. Senior Minister was updated about TCOMS’s R&D initiatives addressing maritime sustainability and smart ocean systems, and how TCOMS helps to strengthen Singapore’s long-term economic and technological competitiveness in the global and ocean sectors. Senior Minister also visited the ocean basin facility and met with TCOMS’s scientists and partners.

A joint venture between NUS and A*STAR, TCOMS is a national platform hosted by A*STAR. TCOMS integrates research and industry expertise to co-create, validate and stress test innovative concepts and solutions to address real world maritime and ocean-related challenges.

Find out more about TCOMS: https://www.tcoms.sg/

Thank you to partners Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), National University of Singapore, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore - MPA, Enterprise Singapore, Ministry of Trade & Industry, National Research Foundation Singapore, Singapore Economic Development Board - EDB and Seatrium for joining us.

Photos by Ministry of Communications & Information.

27/09/2023

ASME is calling for abstracts for next year’s conference which will be held in Singapore. Join us on June 9 – 14, 2024!

Click on https://invt.io/1exbryd9bg3 to find out more.

28/07/2023

Congratulations to our team and our industry partner Monohakobi Technology Institute who were awarded the OMAE 2022 Best Paper Award in June 2023!

The idea behind this work entitled “Real-time Ship Motion Prediction using Artificial Neural Network” is to predict ship motions a few minutes in advance by sensing the nearby wavefield. The ability to predict short periods of low ship motions can provide valuable decision support for marine operations like helicopter landing, deployment of underwater vehicles and crew transfer between a ship and an offshore platform. The neural network models developed in this study were able to predict all six degrees of freedom ship motions in a wide range of wave conditions. The models were tested using the observed wave conditions recorded by a wave radar installed onboard a ship from the NYK Group and promising results were obtained.

Here is the link to the paper:
https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/OMAE/proceedings-abstract/OMAE2022/85901/V05BT12A013/1147818

25/07/2023

We are excited to announce the release of our latest research paper titled ‘Experimental and numerical study of wave-in-deck loads due to oblique transient wave groups’, published in the Journal of Fluids and Structures.

In the offshore industry, violent storms and extreme waves can pose serious threats to the integrity of offshore platforms. Our study focuses on understanding the 'wave-in-deck' loads that occur when extreme waves directly impact on the topside/deck of a fixed platform.

By examining wave-induced forces on solid decks, both with and without an I-beam grillage beneath, we shed light on how different wave approach angles affect the loading patterns. For example, for the deck with the I-beam grillage beneath, the successive large spikes of longitudinal and vertical forces as observed in the head-on wave impact are absent for the oblique cases, where the patterns of forces are similar to the deck without the I-beam grillage tests with rather small or no spikes in the force time series. Understanding these forces can help engineers design the cellar deck and reinforce offshore platforms to withstand potentially severe wave impacts effectively.

Our research addresses a critical concern for offshore platform operators: structural integrity during extreme wave events. Through a series of numerical simulations validated with experimental measurements, we examine both global loads and local pressures on the deck and provide a comprehensive analysis of the violent wave-structure interactions. This knowledge can be leveraged to assess the reliability and improve the safety of existing platforms. Our work builds upon a previous numerical study, showcasing the immense potential of the Navier-Stokes solver in accurately simulating wave-in-deck loads. This paves the way for exciting future research, such as exploring wave-in-deck and wave-in-jacket loads for a topside deck with a jacket beneath and investigating the intricate complexities of wave-deck-jacket interactions. Apart from oil & gas platforms, solid deck and jackets are applied in offshore wind in the form of offshore substations and hydrogen production platforms.

Want to delve into the details? Access our research article here: