In August and September, members of the FDS institute travelled to Asia to take part in two international workshops and present their current research.
The 13th International Workshop on Ship and Marine Hydrodynamics (IWSH) was held in Fukuoka, Japan, where we had the opportunity to connect with researchers working in the fields of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Seakeeping and Propulsion, and learn about the latest advancement in their work. We are especially proud to share that Lukas Altenbach received the Best Student Paper Award for his work on 'An efficient approach to CFD simulations with small ships manoeuvring in the wave field of larger ships via optimized forcing zones'. In his study, he presents a numerical method for modeling the ship-ship interaction between a tugboat and a cargo vessel using a one-way coupling approach. By prescribing the wave field generated by the larger ship as boundary conditions for the smaller one by adapting Forcing Zones, the method reduces the computational effort required to simulate the maneuvering behavior of the smaller vessel when investigating multiple scenarios. Congratulations on this achievement, Lukas!
Our next stop was Shanghai, China, where we participated in the International Workshop on Ship Propulsion and Hydrodynamics (IWSPH). A highlight of the trip was the visit at the China Ship Scientific Center (CSSRC) in Wuxi. We are very grateful for not only the academic exchange, but also for the smooth organization, warm welcome, and generous hospitality we experienced during our stay!
