Recent Ship and Platform Hydrodynamics Publications

Latest Publications:

• Ireland, J., Macfarlane, G.J. and Drobyshevski, Y.
  Investigation into the Sensitivity of the Dynamic Load During Subsea Deployment of a Suction Can
  Proceedings of the Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Conference (OMAE 2007), June 2007.
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• Sprent, A. and Macfarlane, G.J.
  The Alignment of the Australian Maritime College’s Towing Tank
  Proceedings of the Spatial Sciences Institute Biennial International Conference (SSC2007), Hobart, May 2007
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• Thomas, G, Duffy, J. T., Macfarlane, G. J. and Polmear, J.
  Water Stilling for Towing Tank Experiments of High Performance Craft
  Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Engineers Australia, Volume X, No. X, 2007.
  (also within the Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on High Performance Marine Vehicles, Launceston, Australia, 8-10 November 2006).
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• Macfarlane, G. J. and Cox, G.

  An Introduction to the Development of Rational Criteria for Assessing Vessel Wash Within Sheltered Waterways
  IMarEST Journal of Marine Design and Operations, December 2006.
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• Macfarlane, G. J.

  Correlation of Prototype and Model Wave Wake Characteristics at Low Froude Numbers
  RINA Transactions, Part A2, International Journal of Maritime Engineering, 2006.
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• Duffy, J.T. (2005)
  ‘Prediction of mooring line loads on cape size vessels berthed at Cape Lambert’
  Coasts and Ports 2005, Adelaide, September 2005.
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• Gourlay, T.P., Duffy, J.T. and Forbes, A., (2005)
  ‘The bore produced between the hulls of a high-speed catamaran in shallow water’
  International Journal of Maritime Engineering, 2005.
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• Xia, J., Hayne, S., G. J. Macfarlane, Field, D. and Drobyshevski, Y. (2005)
  Investigation into Float-Over Installations of Minimal Platforms by Hydrodynamic Model Testing
  Proceedings of 24th International Conference of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2005), Halkidike, Greece, June 2005.
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• Macfarlane, G. J. and Cox, G. (2004)
  ‘The Development of Vessel Wave Wake Criteria for the Noosa and Brisbane Rivers in Southeast Queensland’
  Fifth International Conference on Coastal Environment 2004 – Environmental Problems in Coastal Regions, Alicante, Spain, April 2004.
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• Holloway, D., Thomas, G. and Davis, M. (2004)
  ‘Added Mass of Whipping Modes for Ships at High Froude Number by a Free Surface Boundary Element Method Coupled with Strip Theory.’
  Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics Journal, Pages C831-C844, August.
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• Holloway, D., Thomas, G. and Davis, M. (2004)
  ‘Boundary Element Methods in the Prediction of the Acoustic Damping of Ship Whipping Vibrations.’
  Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics Journal, Pages C845-C856, August.
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• Thomas, G. , Davis, M., Holloway, D. and Roberts, T. (2003)
  ‘The Whipping Vibration of Large High Speed Catamarans.’
  International Journal of Maritime Engineering (RINA Transactions Part A).
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• Thomas, G., Harris, D., d’Armancourt, Y. & Larkins, I. (2006)
  ‘The Performance And Controllability Of Yachts Sailing Downwind In Waves.’
  Proceedings of the 2 nd High Performance Yacht Design Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, February.
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• Roberts, T., Davidson, G., Casamassina, C., Brady, T., Davis, M.R. and Thomas, G. (2006)
  ‘Global Load Derivation of Large High Speed Vessels Based on Strain Measurements.’
  Pacific 2006 International Maritime Conference, Sydney, January.
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• Roberts, T., Davidson, G. and Thomas, G. (2005)
  ‘Global & Slam Loads For A Large Wave Piercing Catamaran.’
  Proceedings of the 8 th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation, FAST 05, June.
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• Thomas, G., Davis, M., Holloway, D. and Roberts, T. (2005)
  `The Influence Of Slamming And Whipping On The Fatigue Life Of A High-Speed Catamaran.’
  Proceedings of the 8 th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation, FAST 05, June.
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• Thomas, G., Davis, M., Holloway, D. and Roberts, T. (2004)
  ‘An Investigation into the Whipping of Large High-Speed Catamarans.’
  Proceedings of 4 th International Conference on High-Performance Marine Vehicles (HIPER 04). September.
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• Thomas, G., Davis, M., Holloway, D. and Roberts, T. (2003)
  ‘Transient Slam Response of Large High Speed Catamarans.’
  In FAST '03, Vol. 2, Pages B1.1-B1.8. October.
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• Holloway, D., Davis, M. and Thomas, G. (2003)
  ‘Rigid Body Dynamic Hull Bending Moments, Shear Forces and PCM in Fast Catamarans.’
  In FAST '03, Vol. 2, Pages B1.57-B1.64. October.
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• Duffy, J. T., Webb, G. (2003)
  ‘Berthed Ship - Passing Ship Interaction: A Case Study for the Port of Newcastle.’
  In Coasts & Ports Australasian Conference 2003, September, 2003.
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• Miao, Q., Xia. J., Chwang, A. T., Duffy, J. T. (2003)
  ‘Numerical Study of Bank Effects on a Ship Travelling in a Channel.’
  In 8th International Conference on Numerical Ship Hydrodynamics, Busan, Korea, 22-25 September 2003.
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• Duffy , J. T. (2000)
  ‘The Effect of Channel Geometry on Ship Operation in a Port.’
  In PIANC-AIPCN Congress, Sydney, September 2002.
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• Duffy , J. T. (2001)
  ‘The Hydrodynamics of Berth Design.’
  In Maritime Structures 2000, Sydney, November 2001.
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• Macfarlane , G. J., Renilson , M. R. (2000)
  ‘When is Low Wash Low Wash? - An Investigation using a Wave Wake Database.’
  In Royal Institution of Naval Architects International Conference on Hydrodynamics for High Speed Craft - Wake Wash and Motions Control London, 7-8 November 2000.
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• Duffy , J. T., Renilson M. R. (2000)
  ‘An Investigation into the Effect of Propulsion on Ship Squat.’
  In Oceanic Engineering International, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2000, pp. 1-12.
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• Macfarlane , G. J., Renilson , M. R. (1999)
  ‘Wave Wake - A Rational Method for Assessment.’
  In Royal Institution of Naval Architects International Conference on Coastal Ships and Inland Waterways, London, February 1999.
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• 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, 2000.
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• Sahoo P K and Doctors L J (2000);
  Theoretical and Experimental Study of Seakeeping Characteristics of High-Speed Displacement Hull Forms
  Fourth Osaka Colloquium on Seakeeping Performance of Ships, October 17-20, 2000, Osaka, Japan.
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• Pham X P, Kantimahanthi K and Sahoo P K (2001);
  Wave Resistance Prediction of Hard-Chine Catamarans through Regression Analysis
  2nd International Euro-Conference on High-Performance Marine Vehicles, May 2-5, Hamburg, Germany 2001.
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• Schwetz A and Sahoo P K (2002);
  Wave Resistance of Semi-Displacement High-Speed Catamarans Through CFD and Regression Analysis
  3rd International Euro-Conference on High-Performance Marine Vehicles, 14-17 September, Bergen, Norway 2002
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• Sahoo P K and Doctors L J (2003);
  A Study on Wave Resistance of High-Speed Displacement Hull Forms in Restricted Depth
  Proc. of 7th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation, Ischia, 7-10 October 2003.
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• 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, 2004.
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• 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 4th International Conference on High Performance Marine Vehicles, Rome, Italy, September 2004.
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• 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 4 th International Conference on High Performance Marine Vehicles, Rome, Italy, September 2004.
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• 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, 2004.
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• Sahoo P K and Doctors L J (2005);
  The Waves Generated by a Trimaran
  Proc. of at the 8 th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation (FAST 2005), St-Petersburg, 26-30 June 2005. Also will be published as a journal paper by Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineers.
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• Sahoo P K, Doctors L J and Pretlove L (2006);
  CFD Prediction of the Wave Resistance of a Catamaran with Staggered Demihulls
  Proc. of the 1 st International Conference on Marine Hydrodynamics (MAHY 2006), Visakhapatnam, India, 5-7 January 2006.
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• Nguyen, H.D. (2005)
  Recursive Optimal Manoeuvring Systems for Maritime Search and Rescue Mission
  Proceedings of OCEANS'04 MTS/IEEE/TECHNO-OCEAN'04
  (OTO'04), pp. 911-918, Kobe, Japan.
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• Nguyen, H.D. (2004),
  Marine Control Systems Using Recursive Estimation Procedures
  Proceedings of International Maritime Conference (Pacific 2004), pp. 727-736, Sydney, Australia.
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• Penesis, I., and Shepherd, J. J.,
  "The Gas-Lubricated Rayleigh Step Slider Bearing of Narrow Geometry"
  ICIAM 2003, 5th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, EMAC 2003 Proceedings, Sydney, Australia, July 7th, 2003, pp.187-191.
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• Penesis, I., Shepherd, J. J. and Connell, H. J.,
  "The Pressure Field in the Gas-Lubricated Step-Slider Bearing of Narrow Geometry"
  J. ANZIAM, 45(3), January, 2004, pp.423-442.
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