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Press Release20 August 2024Digital IndustriesPlano, Texas, USA
Siemens’ Digital Twin technology gives Orient Express Racing Team & K-Challenge the edge for America’s Cup
The Orient Express Racing Team, founded by sports tech company K-Challenge,
brings together some of the best French athletes, engineers, technicians and
experts with the aim of winning the most prestigious international sailing
competitions, including the America’s Cup. Mastering this ultra-competitive
environment is the drive behind the company’s creativity and capacity for innovation.
Working in close collaboration with Siemens’ Simcenter Engineering Services,
Orient Express Racing Team is gaining an understanding of real-world performance
of the hydraulic flight and aeronautic systems that control sails and rudder/foil flaps
actuation. Digital twins of these systems have been built, parameterized and
functionally validated, along with dedicated libraries, that help ensure the layout and
interface are comprehensive and easy to operate in a multi-disciplinary team effort
spanning the Performance, Mechatronic and Hydraulic groups.
“Sailing boats have dramatically changed since the arrival of foil technology enabling
them to fly above the water. Managing two fluids and all the new aerospace flying
technologies has become a real challenge as the game is completely changed,” said
Stephan Kandler, CEO K-Challenge and Orient Express Racing Team. “Digital twins
and virtual testing became a major breakthrough to enhance the R&D of the boats
besides real sailing. Having Siemens on our side was a key element of K-Challenge
Racing & LAB's strategy in the America’s Cup but also for other developments in the
maritime transport decarbonation."
“Siemens is incredibly proud to work with K-Challenge and the Orient Express
Racing Team to help them in their bid to succeed in the 37th America’s Cup race,”
said Jean-Marie Saint-Paul, CEO, Siemens Digital Industries France and CEO,
Siemens Digital Industries Software France. “The work achieved through our
technical collaboration now and during the forthcoming race shows how the benefits
of digital twins of complex systems can leverage the use of real time data in one of
the most competitive sporting environments.”
When the team finds that performance is deviating from expectations, data from the
water is taken as reference and the engineers introduce modifications in the
systems model (for example, to find suspected leaks in the hydraulic systems) to try
and match simulation results and data – which allows them to target inspection and
maintenance more accurately and efficiently.
As the team prepares for the race, there is also potential to use the same digital
twin-based systems model, already prepared for real-time performance, to be
exploited for streaming live data from the race to the models and to compare the
response in real time. Additionally, when the boat is not at sea, the systems models
are connected to K-Challenge’s virtual-reality simulator. Finally, there is also
potential to work control systems control strategy and test multiple scenarios
virtually before testing in the water.
To learn more about how Siemens’ Digital Twin technology is helping K-Challenge
and the Orient Express Racing team to prepare for the forthcoming 37th America’s
Cup, watch our video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hj_FF-Gsa8
Siemens Digital Industries Software helps organizations of all sizes digitally
transform using software, hardware and services from the Siemens Xcelerator
business platform. Siemens' software and the comprehensive digital twin enable
companies to optimize their design, engineering and manufacturing processes to
turn today's ideas into the sustainable products of the future. From chips to entire
systems, from product to process, across all industries. Siemens Digital Industries
Software – Accelerating transformation.
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Germany, and has around 72,000 employees internationally
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cleaner and more comfortable transportation as well as advanced healthcare, the company creates technology with
purpose adding real value for customers. By combining the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers its
customers to transform their industries and markets, helping them to transform the everyday for billions of people.
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income of €8.5 billion. As of September 30, 2023, the company employed around 320,000 people worldwide.
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