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Name

Ghent University, Faculty of Engineering, Department for Mechanical Construction and Production, Laboratory for Maritime Technology

Native name

Ghent University, Department for Mechanical Construction and Production, afdeling Maritieme Techniek

Address

Technologiepark 904

Zipcode

B-9052

City

Gent

Country

Belgium

Phone

+32 9 264 55 55

Email

Marc.Vantorre@UGent.be

Centre Website

http://www.maritiem.ugent.be

organisation profile

• Naval architecture in general
• Hydrostatics and hydrodynamics of ships and other floating structures
• Hydrostatics: hydrostatic calculations stability damage stability
• Ship manoeuvring: ship manoeuvring simulation, captive manoeuvring tests with ship models, mathematical modelling of ship manoeuvres in shallow and restricted water  investigation of ship-ship and ship-bank interaction phenomena behaviour of ships manoeuvring in muddy waterways.
•    Behaviour of ships and other structures in waves:
  numerical calculation of the response (radiation and diffraction forces, motions) due to wave action by means of 2D and 3D models
  ship response to waves in shallow navigation areas (model tests and calculations)  wave energy conversion.
• - Strength of ship structures:
  technical surveys concerning ship hull damage.
• In the frame of a co-operation agreement with Flanders Hydraulics (Antwerp), the research group has access to the Towing tank for manoeuvres in shallow water, equipped with a towing carriage, a planar motion mechanism and a wave generator, for experimental investigation of behaviour of ships in (very) shallow and/or restricted
  navigation areas. The main purpose of this facility consists of providing the input data required for ship manoeuvring simulation studies; the research group is permanently involved in the development of an optimal procedure for executing and processing model test series. Another important application concerns the investigation of ship motions due to wave action in access channels, which is of importance for the prediction of bottom contact and, hence, for the access policy.

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EDMO record id

264

Collating centre

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Management Unit of North Sea and Scheldt Estuary Mathematical Models, Belgian Marine Data Centre (MUMM-BMDC)

Latest update

16 September 2020 11:00:30 AM