Dr.-Ing. Wilfried Abels

Address

Hamburg University of Technology
Institute of Ship Design and Ship Safety
Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 4 (C)
D-21073 Hamburg

Phone

040-42878-6072

Fax

040-42731-4467

Room

3.011

E-Mail

w.abels(at)tuhh(dot)de

Lectures

  • Schiffspropeller

Publications

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Title: Using a Bridge Simulator during the Early Design-Stage to Evaluate Manoeuvrability.
Written by: Wilfried Abels, Lars Greitsch
in: <em>Compit, Liege</em>. (2008).
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Abstract: A bridge simulator is a useful tool for receiving information about the behaviour of a ship. Contrary to physical simulation tools, which are able to calculate the characteristics of a ship design, a bridge simulator can show how a ship design will perform within its natural environment. The classical use of a bridge simulator is training the crew. The numerical models are adjusted mostly by results of model and full-scale tests, but such test results are not available during the design stage of a ship. Therefore numerical simulations have to identify the behaviour of the ship, still within the project stage. In the past, a wide range of numerical methods have already been implemented. The coupling of such "First-Principle-Methods" with a bridge simulator will be presented.