Check out our latest VENTuRE journal publication. ABSTRACT: There has been an increasing attention to the effect of hull roughness on ship resistance and powering. In conventional studies, the hull surfaces have been treated as uniform rough surfaces while the real ships’ hulls are exposed heterogeneous fouling accumulation. The work described here presents an experimental investigation into the effect…
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Through the month of February, the VENTuRE project was proud to present an online winter school tackling the implementation of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for marine applications. Presented by Dr Yigit Demirel & Dr Soonseok Song, this course aimed to train researchers in the practical aspect of a CFD software (STAR-CCM+) for the maritime industry.…
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Check out our latest VENTuRE journal publication. ABSTRACT: Research into the effects of hull roughness on ship resistance and propulsion is well established, however, the effect of heterogeneous hull roughness is not yet fully understood. In this study, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations were conducted to investigate the effect of heterogeneous hull roughness on ship…
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On the 2nd of September 2020, the sixth edition of the Maritime Seed Awards (MarSA) pledged to support five teams of entrepreneurs and researchers working in the maritime field in the development of their proposals, taking them from concept to commercialisation. The funds were awarded through a collaboration between Transport Malta and the University of…
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Kicked off in January 2020, the VENTuRE project (a Virtual and physical ExperimeNTal Towing centre for the design of energy Efficient sea-fairing vessels) continues successfully despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic may have disrupted the physical activities, but it did not affect the extensive collaborative endeavours between the University of Malta,…
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The VENTuRE project members have organised the first annual networking workshop, which was held online on Thursday, 10 December 2020. The workshop consisted of two seminars. 12:30 – 13:00 (CET): “Assessment of the current practices and local needs for developing smart antifouling strategies towards energy-efficient fishing boats in Turkey”. A project funded by Scottish Funding…
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Our latest dissemination endeavour in the Times of Malta on the 7th of October! “Funded by the European Commission, the VENTuRE project – a Virtual and physical ExperimeNTal Towing centre for the design ofenergy Efficient sea-fairing vessels – is coordinated by the University of Malta, Department of Mechanical Engineering. The University team members are Prof.…
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Kicked off in January 2020, the VENTuRE project – a Virtual and physical ExperimeNTal Towing centre for the design of energy Efficient sea-faring vessels – set up an extensive period of collaborative endeavours, through workshops, meetings, and conferences within its first six months, in an effort to develop appropriate proficiency in experimentation and numerical analysis for the…
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Marine biofouling is an increasing problem from both economic and environmental points of view in terms of increased fuel consumption, increased GHG emissions and transportation of harmful non-indigenous species. The fuel consumption of a ship is strongly influenced by her frictional resistance, which is directly affected by the roughness of the hull’s surface, i.e. biofouling.…
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Check out our latest VENTuRE journal publication. ABSTRACT: Considering that the ship hydrodynamic behaviours differ by the ship types and dimensions, the effect of biofouling on ship resistance can also vary with different ships. In this study, Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) based towed ship models were developed to simulate the roughness effect of biofouling on ship…
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