Computer Simulation and Modeling In Engineering for Open Learning Environment – A Case Study on Application of Rand Model Designer for Ship Manoeuvring Analysis

Kirill Velodosovich  Rozhdestvensky; Md Salim  Kamil; Vladimir Alexandrovich  Ryzhov; Senichenkov Yuri  Borisovich; Igor  Novopashenny

doi:10.37934/aram.69.1.16

Authors

Kirill Velodosovich Rozhdestvensky Saint Petersburg State Marine Technical University, Lotsmankaya Ulitsa 3, 190008 Saint Petersburg, Russia
Md Salim Kamil Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute of Marine Engineering Technology, Dataran Industri Teknologi Kejuruteraan Marin, Bandar Teknologi Maritim Jalan Pantai Remis, 32200 Lumut, Perak, Malaysia
Vladimir Alexandrovich Ryzhov Saint Petersburg State Marine Technical University, Lotsmankaya Ulitsa 3, 190008 Saint Petersburg, Russia
Senichenkov Yuri Borisovich Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University, Polytechnicheskaya 29, 195251 Saint Petersburg, Russia
Igor Novopashenny University of Bremen, Bibliothekstraße 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37934/aram.69.1.16

Keywords:

computer simulation and modelling, open learning environment, discreet and hybrid models, Rand Model Designer, ship maneuvering analysis

Abstract

Computer simulation and modeling pave an upcoming methodology of teaching and learning of engineering courses reachable by unlimited number of students in open learning environment. The delivery of engineering courses through open learning poses much bigger challenges as compared to non-engineering courses. Typical engineering problems are mathematically modelled, simulated and solved using computer software as engineering tools. The use of computer software engineering tools could be linked to open source licensed software from the open learning platform, such as Sakai. Sakai is an educational software platform designed to support teaching, research and collaboration distributed under the educational community license. Rand Model Designer (RMD) is high-performance software for modeling and simulation of multi-domain component models of complex dynamical systems. It employs a user-friendly, high-level, object-oriented modeling language for fast and efficient design of complex continuous, discrete and hybrid models. In the case study RMD has been used for ship maneuvering analysis. The results indicate that RMD is a compatible, viable, practical and competitive engineering tool for solving complicated computational experiments and simulations in open learning environments of engineering education.