Main Areas of Research

  • Development of Dynamic Stability Criteria based on Ship seakeeping Simulations.
  • Development of hydrodynamic Calculation Methods for the early design stage of ships
  • Development of new Approaches and new Design Methods for Product Design in Naval Architecture
  • Introduction of RANS-CFD into the Initial Design Process
  • Simulation of Propeller induced Pressure Fluctuations.
  • Simulation of Ship Main Engines during nautical Maneuvers.
  • Designloads on Ruders and other maneuvering Devices.
  • Hulloptimisation with CFD Methods.
  • Maneuvering behavior at slow Speeds.