Practical Design of Ships and Other Floating Structures

Volume I

Edited by You-Sheng Wu, Wei-Cheng Cui and Guo-Jun Zhou E LS EWE R

Practical Design of Ships and Other Floating Structures

CoverFrontmatterHalf Title PageTitle PageCopyrightPrefaceTable of ContentsPlenary LecturesChapter 1: Design Synthesis for Ships and Floating SystemsA Consideration of Life Cycle Cost of a ShipThe Experiment of River-Sea-Going Ore Barge Fleet and Renovation of Existing Integrated BargeOptimization of a Wave Cancellation Multihull Ship Using CFD ToolsA Module-Oriented Optimization ToolThe Fine Optimization of Ship Hull Lines in Resistance Performance by Using CFD ApproachParametric Hull Form Design - A Step Towards One Week Ship DesignMission Based Hydrodynamic Design of a Hydrographic Survey VesselHull Form Design of a Passenger Catamaran for Operation in the Yellow Sea RegionHull Form Design of Cargo Ship in Shallow and Strong Current WaterwaysThe Impact Load of Wing-in-Ground-Effect Craft in Waves and Application of Hydro-SkiConceptual Design of Very Large-Size Super-High-Speed Foil Catamaran ContainershipA Practical Application of Air Lubrication on a Small High Speed BoatThe Hybrid Hydrofoil Stepped HullThe Design of Trimaran Ships: General Review and Practical Structural AnalysisCalm Water Experimental Research on Geosims of High Speed Trimaran: Hydrodynamic Characteristics and Model-Ship CorrelationTrimaran Model Test Results and Comparison with Different High Speed CraftHull Form Development and Powering Performance Characteristics for a 2,500Ton Class TrimaranDesign Recommendations from the FPSO - Fatigue Capacity JIPDesign of FPSO's Based on Maneuvering StabilityExtreme Response and Fatigue Damage of Ship-Shaped FPSOAn Investigation into Wave Induced Drift Forces and Motions of Very Large Floating StructuresA Study on the Horizontally Dynamic Behavior of a VLFS Supported with DolphinsExperimental Study on the Hydroelastic Response Characteristics of a Pontoon Type Floating StructureSimulation Study on Coastal Ecosystem around a Very Large Floating Structure in Tokyo BayEffects of a Draft on Hydroelastic Responses of a Pontoon Type Very Large Floating StructureA Study on Deck Wetness and Slamming of Very Large Floating StructuresProbabilistic Analysis Tools for Surface Ships under Seaway and Extreme Dynamic LoadsComprehensive Fuzzy Approach in Hazard Identification of Formal Safety Assessment (FSA)Estimating the Risk of Cargo Shifting in Waves - Methodology and ResultsShip Design Using Probabilistic Damage Stability Rules - a Sensitivity StudyIntegration of First-Principle Approaches to Design for Damage SurvivabilityRational Design Criteria and Their Application to Hull Form Optimisation of Floating Systems in Random SeasThe Application of a Decomposition and Reuse Approach in Marine DesignEvaluating Design for Upgradeability: A Simulation Based Approach for Ships and Marine ProductsModel-Based Simulation for Container Loading/UnloadingResearch on 3D-Layout Design of Ship Compartment Based on CBRDevelopment of a Sophisticated Hull Form CAD System EZHULL Based on a Non-Manifold Model and X-TopologyA Design Modification of VLCC with Wide Web Frame SpaceOptimization of the Design of Ship Structures Using Response Surface MethodologyA Study on an Information System of Damages of Ship StructuresBayesian and Neural Networks for Preliminary Ship DesignChapter 2: ProductionInnovation in Ship Production: What Can We Expect ?New Production System for Vessels of Composite Materials Using an Adjustable MouldMobile Agent Based Supply Chain Management in Shipbuilding IndustryEnergy and Environment Dimension in Ship Manufacturing ProcessesStudy on Heat Transfer between Gas Flame and Plate during Line-Heating ProcessStudy on the Process Technology for Line Heat Forming of Hull FabricationNumerical Simulation of Welding Distortions in Large Steel StructuresChapter 3: HydromechanicsSimulation of Viscous Flow of Modern Surface Ships Using the FINFLO RANS SolverViscous Flow around Rotating ShipsNumerical Simulation of Flows over Underwater Axisymmetric Bodies with Full AppendagesViscous Flow Calculations Used for Dredger DesignFully Nonlinear Wave Computations for Arbitrary Floating Bodies Using the DELTA MethodFlow Behavior around Tandem Oil FencesA CFD-Based Parametric Study on the Smoke Behavior of a Typical Merchant ShipApplication of CFD to Assessment and Design of the Air-Ventilation System in the Reefer Container Holds of Container CarriersWash and Wave Resistance of Ships in Finite Water DepthOn Scale Effect of the Resistance due to Stern Waves Including Forward-Oriented Wave Breaking Just behind a Transom SternNumerical and Experimental Evaluation of the Hull Characteristics of Two-Semi-Displacement Fast MonohullsEmpirical Prediction of Ship Resistance and Wetted Surface Area Using Artificial Neural NetworksA New Method for Resistance and Propulsion Prediction of Ship Performance in Shallow WaterLower Frictional Resistance Characteristics of Foul Release SystemsEvaluation and Computer Program on the Speed Trial Analysis Method of the Ongoing Work in lSO/TC8A Test Procedure and Evaluation Method for Seakeeping Trials with Address to Broaching-ToExperimental Investigation of Bank Effects under Extreme ConditionsEffects of Different Three Dimensional Formulations on the Seakeeping Computations of High Speed HullsMeasurement of Ship Motion during Model Tests and Full Scale Seakeeping TrialsDeveloping Seakeeping Performance Criteria for a Helicopter Pilot Training VesselDynamic Behaviour of Rigid Mono- and Multi-Hulled Vessels in Waves, Incorporating Non-Linear ExcitationTime-Domain Simulations and Measurements of Loads and Motions of Planning High-Speed Craft in WavesAnalysis of Ringing by Continuous Wavelet TransformGreen Sea and Water Impact on FPSO in Steep Random WavesLong Term Prediction Method of Shipping Water Load for Assessment of the Bow HeightA Practical Design Tool for Wave Impact on Bow and Deck StructuresWave Impact on Decks of Floating PlatformsImpact Pressure Analysis on High-Speed Craft in Waves, through FE-Analysis on Full-Scale and Model Measurement DataAssessment of Sloshing Loads for TankersPrediction of Hydrodynamic Forces Acting on Ship Hull in Oblique and Turning Motions by a Simple Surface Panel MethodA Numerical Study on Viscous Flow about a Ship in Manoeuvring MotionSimulation of the Propulsion System Behaviour during Ship Standard ManoeuvresExperimental Study on the Maneuverability for a Wide Beam New Suezmax Class TankerOn Steady Horizontal Forces and Moment due to Short Waves Acting on Ships in Manoeuvring MotionAn Empirical Formula for Steering Gear Torque of Tankers with a Horn RudderBackmatterAuthor IndexKeyword IndexBack Cover