Open AccessThe BIM-based Integrated Design of the SHiP Project Decay Volume
Author(s) -
Antonio Salzano,
Andrea Miano,
G Porfidia,
Antonella Fiorillo,
Andrea Prota,
R. Jacobsson
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1044/1/012009
Subject(s) - volume (thermodynamics) , building information modeling , systems engineering , process (computing) , software , conceptual design , super proton synchrotron , engineering design process , interoperability , design process , large hadron collider , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , physics , nuclear physics , work in process , operations management , compatibility (geochemistry) , quantum mechanics , chemical engineering , operating system , programming language
The Search for Hidden Particles (SHiP) experiment is a new general-purpose fixed target facility proposed at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron accelerator to search for long- lived exotic particles associated with Hidden Sectors and Dark Matter. This paper reports on the BIM integrated design of SHiP’s decay volume, a conical steel vessel under vacuum that should host several large particle physics detector systems. The use of BIM characterized the design of the decay volume, both in the modeling and structural design phase, and in the process definition phase for the realization and implementation in the facility of the device. This procedure helps to minimize the risks of incorrect design and construction of the device during the whole process. With the automation of the virtual model and the use of interoperable software, in addition to speeding up the exchange of information, it is possible also to export the detailed information of the structural design directly to the numerical control machines for the prefabrication of the various steel modules. Then, the BIM approach to support the integrated design of the SHiP project decay volume from the conceptual planning to the construction phase is shown in this work.