Dr Prasanta Sahoo

Dr Prasanta Sahoo is a Senior Lecturer with the Department of Maritime Engineering and Course Coordinator for naval Architecture Program. His research and teaching interests are in hydrodynamics, naval architecture and offshore engineering.

• Fellow, The Royal Institution of Naval Architects
• Member, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME)

Email: P.Sahoo@amc.edu.au
Telephone: (+61 3) 6335 4822
Facsimile: (+61 3) 6335 4720

Capability Statement

Years at AMC: January 1993 – present

Position: Senior Lecturer, National Centre for Maritime Engineering and Hydrodynamics.

Areas of Expertise:

• Marine hydrodynamics
• Hydrodynamics of Offshore Structures
• Vessel and platform motion analysis
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Naval architecture
• Offshore engineering

Recent Research Assignments:

• Hydrodynamics of Novel Hull Forms
• Seakeeping Analysis of Novel Hull Forms
• Dynamic ship stability

Education:

BTech(Hons. 1978), PhD (1985), Grad.Dipl (App.Comp, 1998)

Experience Record:

1986-1993: Deputy manager (CAD/CAM), Goa Shipyard Ltd., India

1981-1985: Post Graduate Scholar at University of Rostock, Gerrmany

1978-1981: Asst. Naval Architect, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd., India.

Overseas Assignments:

Visiting Professor, University of Rostock, Germany, December 1997- January 1998

Visiting Professor, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, September - December 2007 

Languages and Degree of Proficiency:

English: reading, writing and speaking – excellent

German: reading, writing and speaking – excellent

Hindi: reading, writing and speaking – excellent

Oriya & Bengali: speaking only- excellent

Selected Publications:

Journal Papers (Since 2000)

Hebblewhite, K., Sahoo, P.K. and Doctors, L. J. (2007) A Case Study: Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Motion Characteristics of a Trimaran Hull Form, Proc. of the Journal of Ships and Offshore Structures, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp 149-156

Salas M and Sahoo P K (2007): Avances en la Estimación de Resistencia al Avance de Multicascos ( Progress in Multihull Resistance estimation), submitted to the  journal CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE BUQUES, Colombia (in Spanish) ISSN 1909-8642.

Das S K, and Das S N, Sahoo P K (2007): Determination of Motion Characteristics of a Floating Body with Respect to the Variations in Degrees of Freedom: An Analystical Study, submitted to SAOS for review and publication in SAOS journal.

Das S K, and Das S N, Sahoo P K (2007): Investigation of Sway, Roll and Yaw Motions of a Ship with Forward Speed: Numerical Modelling for Flared up Conditions, submitted for publication in Journal of Ships and Offshore Structures.

Sahoo P K, Salas M and Schwetz A (2007): Practical Evaluation of Resistance of High-Speed Catamaran Hull Forms-Part I, accepted and awaiting publication in Journal of Ships and Offshore Structures.

Das S K, Sahoo P K and Das S N, (2006): Determination of Roll Motion for a Floating Body in Regular Waves, Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment Proceeding of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers Part M, Vol. 220, No M1, pp 41-48.

Doctors L J and Sahoo P K (2006): The Waves Generated by a Trimaran, Proc. of The Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineers, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp 183-189

Reviewed Conference Papers (Since 2000)

Doctors L J and Pretlove L (2006): CFD Prediction of the Wave Resistance of a Catamaran with Staggered Demihulls, Proc. of the 1st International Conference on Marine Hydrodynamics (MAHY 2006), Visakhapatnam, India, 5-7 January. 

Lawrence, N., Thomas, G., Ranmuthugala, D., Sahoo, P and Pal, A. (2006): Generic Graduate Attributes in Maritime Engineering, Proc. of the International Conference on Education, Training & Continuing Professional Development of Marine Engineers in the Maritime Industry(IMAREST), 23-24 May 2006, London, pp101-107 

Dubrovsky, V. and Sahoo P K (2006): Attractive Alternatives of “X-Craft, Proc. of the 5th International Conference on High-Performance Vehicles (HIPER’06), Launceston, Australia, 8-10 November. 

Hebblewhite, K., Sahoo, P.K. and Doctors, L. J. (2006): A Case Study: Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Motion Characteristics of a Trimaran Hull Form, Proc. of the 5th International Conference on High-Performance Vehicles (HIPER’06), Launceston, Australia, 8-10 November. 

Das, S. K., Das, S.N. and Sahoo, P.K. (2006): Investigation of Sway, Roll and Yaw Motions of a Ship with Forward Speed: Numerical modeling for flared up conditions, Proc. of the 5th International Conference on High-Performance Vehicles (HIPER’06), Launceston, Australia, 8-10 November.

 

Sahoo P K, Browne N A and Salas M (2004): Experimental and CFD Study of Wave Resistance of High-Speed Round Bilge Catamaran Hull Forms, Proceedings of The 4th International Conference on High Performance Marine Vehicles, Rome, Italy, September.

 

Salas M, Luco R, Sahoo P K, Browne N A and M. López (2004): Experimental and CFD Resistance Calculation of a Small Fast Catamaran, Proceedings of The 4th International Conference on High Performance Marine Vehicles, Rome, Italy, September.

 

Sahoo P K and Doctors L J (2003): A Study on Wave Resistance of High-Speed Displacement Hull Forms in Restricted Depth, Proc. of The 7th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation, Ischia, 7-10 October.

Schwetz A and Sahoo P K (2002): Wave Resistance of Semi-Displacement High-Speed Catamarans Through CFD and Regression Analysis, Proc. of The 3rd International Euro-Conference on High-Performance Marine Vehicles, 14-17 September, Bergen, Norway.

Pham X P, Kantimahanthi K and Sahoo P K (2001): Wave Resistance Prediction of Hard-Chine Catamarans through Regression Analysis, Proc of The 2nd International Euro-Conference on High-Performance Marine Vehicles, May 2-5, Hamburg, Germany.

 

Conference Papers (Since 2000)

Sahoo P K and Doctors L J (2005): The Waves Generated by a Trimaran, Proc. of the 8th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation (FAST 2005), St-Petersburg, 26-30 June.

Bojovic P, Sahoo P K and Salas M (2004): A Study on Stern Wedges and Advanced Spray Rail  System on Calm Water Resistance of High-Speed Displacement Hull Forms, Proc. of International Maritime Conference, Pacific 2004, Sydney, Australia. 

Sahoo P K and Doctors L J (2004): Theoretical and Experimental Study of Motion Characteristics of High-Speed Catamaran Hull Forms, Proceedings of The Ninth International Symposium on Practical Design of Ships and other Floating Structures, Luebeck-Travemuende, Germany, September 12-17.

Bojovic, P and Sahoo P K (2000): Effect Of Stern Wedges And Advanced Spray Rail System On Calm Water Resistance Of High-Speed Displacement Hull Forms, Proceedings of Sea Australia 2000, An International Maritime and Naval Exposition, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney, 1-3 February.

 

Sahoo P K and Doctors L J (2000): Theoretical and Experimental Study of Seakeeping Characteristics of High-Speed Displacement Hull Forms, Proc. of The Fourth Osaka Colloquium on Seakeeping Performance of Ships, October 17-20, Osaka, Japan.