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Concept design of a fast sail assisted feeder container ship

open access: yes, 2010
A fast sail assisted feeder container ship concept has been developed for the 2020 container market in the South East Asian and Caribbean regions.The design presented has met the requirements of an initial economic study, with a cargo capacity of 1270 ...
Burden, Aaron   +5 more
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Wind tunnel tests on the effect of a ship hull on rudder-propeller performance at different angles of drift

open access: yes, 1995
This report presents the experimental results from a series of wind tunnel tests. The tests investigated the influence of various upstream bodies on the performance of a representative ship rudder-propeller combination for different angle of drift.
Molland, A.F., Turnock, S.R.
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NOC Liverpool Unit 117 Glider deployment report for the DEFRA MAREMAP Project, April - May 2012 deployment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This document summarises the extended deployment of a 200 metre depth rated Slocum Electric glider by the National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool, UK from the 2nd April to 17th May 2012. The deployment was aimed as a pilot study for the use of gliders by
Balfour, C., Knight, P.
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State of the Art in Swath Bathymetry Survey Systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 1988
In the last decade, advances in real-time computing and data storage capabilities have led to significant improvements in bathymetric survey systems and the single point echo-sounder has now been replaced by a variety of highresolution swath mapping ...
de Moustier, Christian
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Dynamical models of extreme rolling of vessels in head waves [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Rolling of a ship is a swinging motion around its length axis. In particular vessels transporting containers may show large amplitude roll when sailing in seas with large head waves.
Archer, C.   +8 more
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Hull form optimization for polar carrier based on navigation state recognition model

open access: yesJournal of Ocean Engineering and Science
Polar Carriers operate in both open water and brash ice areas, where differing navigation environments impose varying requirements on hull form design.
Jianmei Chen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The prediction of wake wash in the towing tank [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The wash or ship-generated waves from high speed craft has become a common subject in research and development of marine transportation. Since some time now the wake wash of high speed craft has become a problem in particular on inland or confined ...
Abdul Ghani, Mohamad Pauzi   +1 more
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Merchant ship 'conversion' in warfare, The Falklands (Malvinas) and the requisition of the QE2 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In May 1982, the British government requisitioned numerous private vessels, including the transatlantic liner the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, for use during the Falklands (Malvinas) War.
Chadwick, E
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Investigation on the performance of the traditional Indonesian fishing vessel

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences, 2018
In this study, numerical investigation of ship resistance and ship motions at the traditional Indonesian fishing vessel is presented. The Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) code is used to calculate three dimensional, incompressible, and RANS equations ...
Bahatmaka Aldias   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Design implications of the new harmonised probabilistic damage stability regulations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In anticipation of the forthcoming new harmonised regulations for damage stability, SOLAS Chapter II-1, proposed in IMO MSC 80 and due for enforcement in 2009, a number of ship owners and consequentially yards and classification societies are venturing ...
Jasionowski, Andrzej   +4 more
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