1st Edition
Developments in Maritime Transportation and Exploitation of Sea Resources IMAM 2013
Developments in Maritime Transportation and Exploitation of Sea Resources covers recent developments in maritime transportation and exploitation of sea resources, encompassing ocean and coastal areas. The book brings together a selection of papers reflecting fundamental areas of recent research and development in the fields of:
– Ship Hydrodynamics
– Marine Structures
– Ship Design
– Shipyard Technology
– Ship Machinery
– Maritime Transportation, and
– Safety and Reliability
Issues such as the Environment, Renewable Energy, Wave and Wind Modelling, Coastal Engineering, Fisheries and Legal Maritime Aspects are also addressed. Developments in Maritime Transportation and Exploitation of Sea Resources is intended for academics and professionals involved in the development of marine transportation and the exploitation of sea resources.
VOLUME 1
Resistance and propulsion
A boundary element method for the hydrodynamic analysis of flapping-foil thrusters operating beneath the free surface and in waves
E.S. Filippas & K.A. Belibassakis
Ship wake scaling and effect on propeller performances
S. Gaggero, D. Villa, M. Viviani & E. Rizzuto
Experimental investigation of the trim influence on the resistance characteristics of five ship models
M.N. Iakovatos, D.E. Liarokapis & G.D. Tzabiras
Analysis of the free surface turbulent flow around a forward moving Wigley hull with OpenFOAM
F. Inok, A. Lavrov & C. Guedes Soares
Hydrodynamic optimization of the bulbous bow shape
D. Matulja & R. Dejhalla
Investigation of various parameters affecting the resistance characteristics of two catamaran cargo ships
G. Pallas, K. Nikas, S.P. Polyzos, G.D. Tzabiras & G.N. Zaraphonitis
A new concept of a vertical axis propeller
P. Pasetto, L. Barnabà, M.M. Bracco & I. Zotti
A contribution to appendage drag extrapolation using computational tools
A.O. Remolà, L. Pérez-Rojas & F.P. Arribas
Resistance reduction of a model with deeply submerged transom
G. Tzabiras & A. Laskari
Seakeeping and manoeuvring
First principles applied to submersible maneuvering
H. Brinati, M. de Conti, M. Szajnbok & V. Domiciano
Integration of seakeeping and powering computational techniques with meteo-marine forecasting data for in-service ship energy assessment
A. Coraddu, M. Figari, S. Savio, D. Villa & A. Orlandi
Manoeuvrability and course stability of the kite towed ship under influence of the external factors
V.N. Grosan & E. Barsan
Twin-deck Ro-Ro/Pax ship seakeeping optimization by the motion sickness incidence
A. Scamardella & V. Piscopo
The overall motion induced interruptions in seakeeping optimization analysis
A. Scamardella & V. Piscopo
Experimental investigations of roll damping of the C11 containership for the prediction of parametric rolling in regular waves
A. Turk, J. Prpić-Oršić, S.R. Silva & C. Guedes Soares
A high level architecture framework for real-time simulation of ship towing operations in virtual environments
J.M. Varela & C. Guedes Soares
Hull optimization of semisubmersible with multidirectional seakeeping criteria evaluated with neural network response surface
R.Z. Venzon, T.P. Tancredi & B.L.R. de Andrade
Comparison of simplified approaches and numerical tools to predict the loads on bottom slamming of ship structures
S. Wang & C. Guedes Soares
Fluid flows
Performance study of an anti-sloshing floating device for membrane-type LNG tanks
M. Arai, R. Suzuki, T. Ando & N. Kishimoto
Analysis of complex fluid flow test cases with OpenFOAM
F. Inok, A. Lavrov & C. Guedes Soares
Experimental investigation of bi-stability in a vertically excited rectangular tank with finite liquid depth
N. Kaloumenos, A. Grammatikopoulos, C.C. Spandonidis & K.J. Spyrou
Numerical study on hydroelastic water entry of a wedge
S. Wang & C. Guedes Soares
Ship operation
Stability problems arising from fire-fighting measures for Ro-Ro ship: Simulation model and possible actions to improve the drainage system
M. Acanfora & T. Coppola
Ship stability in wave: A proposal method for dynamic behaviour evaluation
M. Acanfora, T. Coppola & F. De Luca
Hydrodynamic aspects of a side-by-side LNG-transfer concept
G.F. Clauss, D. Testa, M. Dudek & S. Stuppe
The prediction of the interceptor performances based on towing tank test data: Ship-model correlation and hull form influence
F. De Luca & C. Pensa
Experimental investigation of a BOC-50 sailing yacht model in regular and random head waves
G. Papantonatos, D.E. Liarokapis, K.N. Sfakianaki, J. Trahanas & G. Grigoropoulos
The influence of heel on the performance of a sailing boat
K.N. Sfakianaki, V.G. Priftis & G.D. Tzabiras
Gap distance analysis of floating structures in tandem arrangement
C.L. Siow, J. Koto, H. Abyn & A. Maimum
Ship performances and consumption: Analysis for a RO-RO passenger ship
G. Stranieri, A. Bracco, P. Gualeni, L. Sebastiani & S. Qualich
Operability analysis of a high speed car/passenger ferry
T. Tezdogan, Y.K. Demirel, G. Mortola, A. Incecik, O. Turan & H. Khalid
Marine structures
Ship side damage due to collision with icebergs
N. Addario, E. Rizzuto & A. Prestileo
Optimal structural design of small ships with response surface
V.T. Chaves, T.P. Tancredi & B.L.R. de Andrade
Numerical analysis of the effects of weld parameters on distortions and residual stresses in butt welded steel plates
B.-Q. Chen, M. Hashemzadeh & C. Guedes Soares
Residual stresses relaxation of welded structures under alternate loading
J.M. Gordo
Comparison between different heat sources types in thin-plate welding simulation
M. Hashemzadeh, B.-Q. Chen & C. Guedes Soares
The influence of core material on strength properties of hybrid sandwich panels
J. Kozak & K. Niklas
An approach to estimate the ship longitudinal strength using numerical databases of stress-strain curves of stiffened panels
S.H. Makouei, A.P. Teixeira & C. Guedes Soares
Fatigue analysis of off-shore wellheads during drilling operations carried out from semi-submersible units
F. Oppicini, E. Rizzuto & M. Russo
Reduction of the ultimate strength due to crack propagation in damaged ship structure
B.B. Primorac & J. Parunov
Ultimate strength assessment of steel plates with a large opening
S. Saad-Eldeen, Y. Garbatov & C. Guedes Soares
Restoring stiffness formulations and their influence on ship hydroelastic response
I. Senjanović, N. Hadžić, N. Vladimir & M. Tomić
Ultimate strength of a plate accounting for shakedown effect and corrosion degradation
M. Tekgoz, Y. Garbatov & C. Guedes Soares
Analysis of collisions between tugs and tankers
R. Villavicencio & C. Guedes Soares
Fatigue damage analysis of a fixed offshore wind turbine supporting structure
B. Yeter, Y. Garbatov & C. Guedes Soares
Spectral fatigue assessment of an offshore wind turbine structure under wave and wind loading
B. Yeter, Y. Garbatov & C. Guedes Soares
Thermal stability of epoxies for recreational crafts
S. Zaragoza, A. Álvarez, J. Tarrío-Saavedra, B. Álvarez, S. Naya & S. Gómez
Ship design
Integration of human factors into the ship design process
P. Antão, A.P. Teixeira & C. Guedes Soares
Basic designing principles of dry-cargo vessels and tankers constructions of river-sea going type
G.V. Egorov
Optimization of hull form for “Volgo-Don max” class river-sea vessels
G.V. Egorov, I.A. Ilnitskiy, V.I. Tonyuk, B.N. Stankov & S.N. Baskakov
Multi-objective optimization of container ship design
G. Koutroukis, A. Papanikolaou, L. Nikolopoulos, P. Sames & M. Köpke
Synthesis and optimization of oceanographic ship design
D.S. Oliveira, F.M. Passos, G.M. Karuka & T.P. Tancredi
Simulation of loading/discharging procedure of tankers
T. Plessas, A. Papanikolaou, M. Pytharoulis, E. Boulougouris & N. Adamopoulos
An evolutionary framework for the automatic design and optimization of AHTS vessels
P.C. Sobrino, M.M. González, C.G. Lamas & V.D. Casás
Multiobjective optimization of tugboats
T.P. Tancredi & B.L.R. Andrade
Ship dimensioning in the initial design
M. Ventura
Shipyard technology
Efficiency analysis of quality assurance methods applied at shipyard pipe production process
T. Buksa, D. Pavletic & M. Forempoher-Skuver
Conceptual design of shipyard for seagoing ships on the river Danube 5
B. Ljubenkov & K. Žiha
On the productivity of shipyards when adopting group technology concept
M.A. Mosaad, R.R. Abdelghany & A.D. Sayed
The production management of the Brazilian shipyards, with the national fleet renewal program
D.A. Moura & R.C. Botter
Ship machinery
Simulation study on the interaction between sailing and motor propulsion to optimize performance and control of the tall ship “Amerigo Vespucci”
M. Altosole, M. Figari, M. Martelli, L. Passano, M. Rocca, M. Giuliano & L. Piva
Developing an analytical model for a marine diesel engine test stand
H.Ü. Başaran
Simulation model of a methane-fuelled four stroke marine engine for studies on low emission propulsion systems
G. Benvenuto, M. Laviola & U. Campora
Improvement of exhaust gas heat recovery from marine diesel engines
G. Benvenuto, A. Trucco & U. Campora
Carbon capture and storage—solidification and storage of CO2 captured on ships
H. Wang & P. Zhou
Author index
VOLUME 2
Maritime transportation
Assessing the impact of marine terminal gate operational and infrastructure improvements
A. Anagnostopoulou, E. Sdoukopoulos & M. Boile
Document management tool for the maintenance of vessels
A.M. Doce, P.C. Sobrino, A.M. Casdelo & A.M. López
Conceptualizing seaports as institutional and operational clusters on a contextual basis
K. Ibrahimi
Conceptualizing seaports firms and functions as operational and institutional interrelations: The Gov-Ad-Man approach
K. Ibrahimi
A study on the Eco-Shipping support system for keeping regularity of ship’s schedule
T. Kano & T. Seta
Modelling the dynamic routing of containers in the global trade
A.G. Novaes, N. Maculan, M.A.C. Netto & A.E. Rezende
Technical efficiency and productivity in ship operation
F. Pires Jr., I.R. Azevedo, L.F. Assis & C.B. Vieira
Application of set partition based fleet scheduling system to Japanese coastal oil tanker fleet
T. Seta & T. Kano
Safety and reliability
Safety assessment of maritime transport—Bayesian risk-based approach in different fields of maritime transport
T. Abramowicz-Gerigk & Z. Burciu
Computer based program for fitting cargo area foam fixed fire-fighting equipment on chemical tankers
N. Acomi & O.C. Acomi
Analysis of the relative importance of ultimate limit state variables in the reliability analysis of tankers and bulk carriers
A.W. Hussein & C. Guedes Soares
Tracking of ships navigation in the Strait of Malacca using automatic identification system
J. Koto, M. Rashidi & A. Maimum
NCAGS a tool for protection of maritime traffic
E. Madariaga, L. Sánchez, C.A. Pérez-Labajos, A. Ortega, B. Blanco & J.M. Oria
Reliability analysis of a corroded double hull Aframax tanker ship for hull girder and deck panel limit states
S.H. Makouei, A.P. Teixeira & C. Guedes Soares
Safety and operability of small fishing vessels: Study of a series of stability-related accidents
F. Mata-Álvarez-Santullano & A. Souto-Iglesias
Improving security through visibility in intermodal transports
R. Müller, G. Gräf, N. Meyer-Larsen & L. Maier
An introduction to the estimation of the Reliability, Availability and Maintainability of a submarine using Monte Carlo simulation
S. Naya, R. Cao, A. Jácome, I. López-de-Ullibarri, M. Oliveira & S. Muñoz
Probabilistic analysis of damage stability of ships based on metamodels
L. Naydenov & P. Georgiev
Validation and verification of modified DRM with respect to its application in the reliability based design approach
K. Piric, S. Kitarovic & V. Zanic
The use of consequence analysis tools in fire-safety design of Nile-floating hotels
A.M. Salem, E.M. Dabess, A.A. Banawan & H.W. Leheta
Towards risk—based fire safety assessment of passenger ships
K.J. Spyrou, N. Themelis & N. Nikolaou
Usage of the propulsion system of a ship in order to safely refloat her
A. Varsami & E. Barsan
Marine environment
Exhaust smoke dispersion for a generic frigate: Computational modeling and comparisons with experiments
E. Dobrucal & S. Ergin
Environmental status of the North-Eastern Baltic Sea: The results of long-term monitoring of organochlorine compounds
L. Järv, M. Simm, T. Raid, L. Parts & A. Järvik
Modelling of oil spill impacts on shoreline in Egypt
A.K. Mehanna, M.Y. Omar, A.A. Hassan, E.A. Turki, E.H. Hegazy & H. Elkilani
Monitoring the quality of air in the port of Naples
F. Murena, M.V. Prati & F. Quaranta
Oil spill risk assessment (case study)
M.Y. Omar, A.A. Hassan, M.A. Algthami & E.H. Hegazy
Numerical simulations of ship resistance in model ice
T. Tomac, A. Klanac, M. Katalinić, S. Ehlers, R. von Bock und Polach, M. Suominen & J. Montewka
A case study for oil spillage in Greek waters: Results based on simulation
N.P. Ventikos
Renewable energy
Numerical simulation of a horizontal axis tidal turbine with a pre-swirl stator
I. Amin & Q. Xiao
Numerical simulation of steady and unsteady current velocity of a vertical axis marine turbine
I. Amin & Q. Xiao
Efficiency assessments for different WEC types in the Canary Islands
O.M. Andrés, F.C. Ruiz & L. Rusu
Motion responses of a semi-submersible floating wind turbine in irregular waves
M. Asghari & N. Fonseca
Vessel charter rate estimation for offshore wind O&M activities
Y. Dalgic, I. Lazakis & O. Turan
Characterization of different typologies of floating platforms for offshore wind turbines
S. Ferreño-González, L. Castro-Santos, V. Díaz-Casás & J.A. Fraguela-Formoso
Reliability based design loads of an offshore semi-submersible floating wind turbine
D. Karmakar & C. Guedes Soares
Analysis of logistics concepts for a cost-efficient installation of offshore wind farms
K. Lange, H.-D. Haasis & H. Schuett
On the assessment of extreme forces on a floating spar wind turbine
V. Nava, C. Guedes Soares & F. Arena
Offshore wind farms: Potential and applicability in the Southern Marmara Region, Turkey
E. Oguz, M.A. Akgul & A. Incecik
Numerical study of a large floating oscillating water column device using a 2D boundary element method
K. Rezanejad & C. Guedes Soares
Efficiency assessment for different WEC types operating in the Portuguese coastal environment
E. Rusu, D. Silva & C. Guedes Soares
Wave & wind modelling
Sheltering effect of islands on the Pacific swell
J.F. Humeniuk, S.P. de León, N. Violante-Carvalho, L.M. de Carvalho & C. Guedes Soares
Modelling the effect of wave current interaction at the mouth of the Danube river
E. Rusu & C. Guedes Soares
Forecasting containership responses in the Azores Archipelago
L. Rusu & C. Guedes Soares
Assessing the offshore wind energy potential along the coasts of Portugal and Galicia
N. Salvação, M. Bernardino & C. Guedes Soares
Assessment of the mean wave energy potential of the Atlantic European coast using numerical models
C. Guedes Soares, A.R. Bento, M. Gonçalves, D. Silva & P. Martinho
Evaluation of the wave power potential in the northwestern side of the Iberian nearshore
A.M. Vaquero, F.C. Ruiz & E. Rusu
Assessment of off-shore wave energy in the Black Sea on the basis of long-term wave hindcast
N.N. Valchev, N.K. Andreeva & N.N. Valcheva
Wind sea and swell waves in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean
R. Vettor, A. Semedo, C. Guedes Soares, Ø. Breivik, A. Sterl & M. Reistad
Coastal engineering
Transformation of wave conditions in nearshore and coastal areas by a 3D coupled-mode wave model
K.A. Belibassakis, G.A. Athanassoulis, Th.P. Gerostathis & V. Katsardi
Wave propagation against current: A study of the effects of vertical shears of the mean current on the geometrical focusing of water waves
J. Charland, J. Touboul & V. Rey
Modelling the effect of obstacles on the 2D wave propagation with OpenFOAM
J.F.M. Gadelho, A. Lavrov & C. Guedes Soares
Fisheries
Reducing by-catch in Portuguese trawl fisheries with a view on a future discard-ban at EU level—a technological approach
A. Campos, P. Fonseca, V. Henriques & J. Parente
Design and retrofit of the propulsion of trawlers to improve their efficiency
J.-M. Laurens, J.-B. Leroux & S. Coache
Propulsion system improvement for trawlers
E. Notti & A. Sala
Managing the spatial and temporal pattern of Baltic herring trawl fishery: A potential tool for sustainable resource management?
T. Raid, L. Järv, A. Hallang, H. Shpilev, O. Kaljuste & A. Järvik
Legal aspects
Aspects concerning the social assistance in seamen repatriation situations
C. Anechitoae, G. Serban, A.L. Pandele & F. Brasoveanu
Seamen welfare at sea and in ports—social assistance issues
C. Anechitoae, G. Serban, A.L. Pandele & F. Brasoveanu
Safety and legal aspects related to ship registration system
K. Lapa, E. Xhelilaj & P. Cacaj
Author index
Biography
Carlos Guedes Soares Technical University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal, Ferando Lopez Pena