Case Study: RINA speeds up ship classification approval with Open Cascade's Leonardo Hull 3D

RINA Entrusts the Development of Its New Software for Ship Classification to Open Cascade

RINA, a company founded in Genoa in 1861 and active in ship classification, certification, and research, needed a faster way to develop meshed structural models for certain classes of ships. The challenge was to perform finite element analysis of ship structures, provide visual feedback on strength, deformations, and fatigue, and speed up approval workflows for shipyards. Open Cascade was entrusted with developing the software for this use case.

Open Cascade developed Leonardo Hull 3D (LH3D-3H), a three-hold analysis application based on calculations over three ship holds and aligned with RINA Rules for the Classification of Ships. The solution gave shipyards an easy-to-use tool for modeling and validating ships during production, improved reporting and communication with RINA, and enabled rapid numerical simulation that replaced older software. As a result, Open Cascade helped speed up the approval process for tankers, bulk carriers, and other cargo ships while reducing the risk of delays through earlier identification of critical structural issues.

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