English name: Maritime Technology Division
Parent institute: Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen; Vakgroep Civiele Techniek (UGent), more
Thesaurus terms (6) : Aquaculture; Blue economy; Construction; Hydrodynamics; Renewable energy; Transport & mobility
Address: Technologiepark 60
9052 Zwijnaarde Belgium
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Fax: +32-(0)9-264 58 43
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Type: Scientific
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1 Director: Head of the department 2 Marine scientist: Works in this research group and acts as (co-)author in at least one marine publication in the last 5 years. 3 Specialized personnel: Provides administrative or technical support to marine scientific research.
Persons formerly associated with this organization (15) |
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In 1904, the research unit Naval Architecture was founded, which can be considered as the precursor of the current Maritime Technology division. This division was initially known as the 'laboratory for Naval Architecture' and later on as the 'service for Naval Architecture'.
The mission of the Maritime Technology division is threefold:
- ameliorate the academic education regarding the design, construction, propulsion, functioning and maintenance of marine structures such as ships, but also aquaculture and offshore constructions;
- fundamental and applied scientific research in the maritime field, especially regarding the hydrodynamics of vessels and other floating structures (floating photovoltaics, floating offshore wind, aquaculture);
- carry out scientific studies for and in collaboration with enterprises and public services in the maritime field.
The research undertaken by this division mainly focuses on maritime hydrodynamics, i.e. the behaviour of floating structures (mainly but not only ships) in the water. While the emphasis of the research lies on ship behaviour in shallow and confined water (access channels, rivers, canals, harbours), dynamics of other floating structures such as aquaculture plants and photovoltaic systems are also covered.
Research includes aspects such as model research, manoeuvring of ships in shallow water (with a focus on manoeuvring simulations), influence of fluid mud layers on ship behaviour (nautical bottom), ship-bank interaction, ship-ship interactions, moored vessel dynamics, arrival and departure arrangements for deep-drafted vessels, probabilistic admission policy, vertical ship movements caused by the squat effect and waves, sailing in and out of locks, inland and estuarine shipping (risk analysis), fairway design and equivalent bottom. In the context of the Knowledge Centre 'Manoeuvring in Shallow and Confined Water', which was founded in 2008, there is a structural collaboration with Flanders Hydraulics Research. With the same laboratory there is a collaboration for the towing tanks in Antwerp and Ostend. |
Projects (19) |
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- Alternative energy: wave energy potential, more
- Aquaculture training of Mr. Chibane and Mr. Bouslimane from Algeria, more
- De invloed van overdruk in fijnkorrelige sedimentreeksen op de structurele en hydrodynamische evolutie van sedimentaire bekkens, more
- Determination nautical bottom in muddy areas, more
- Development of an optimal procedure for determining a mathematical model for the simulation of ship manoeuvres in shallow water of captive manoeuvring tests with ship models, more
- Execution of captime manoeuvring tests with ship models, more
- FlanSea: Flanders Electicity from the Sea, more
- Geological mapping: tertiary geology of the map 12 Oostende, the map 11 Oostduinkerke, the map 4 Blankenberge and the map 5 Westkapelle on a scale 1/50.000, more
- Investigation of the influence of swell on ship motions in the Scheurpas, more
- Marine@Ugent: UGent Marine Sciences Center of Excellence, more
- Oprichten en ondersteunen kenniscentrum ondiep water, more
- Optimisation of the procedure for determining a mathematical model for the simulation of ship manoeuvres in shallow water by means of captive manoeuvring tests with ship models, more
- Scientific and technical assistance to division Nautical Studies of Flanders Hydraulics, more
- Scientific and technical assistance to division Nautical Studies of Flanders Hydraulics. Bis, more
- Sleepbootopleiding Haven Antwerpen, more
- Theoretische en experimentele studie van het gedrag van schepen en andere maritieme constructies met de nadruk op ondiepe en beperkte wateren, more
- Theoretische en experimentele studie van het gedrag van schepen in ondiepe en beperkte vaarwateren, more
- Theoretische en experimentele studie van hydrodynamische aspecten van de problematiek inzake het gedrag van schepen in beperkte wateren, more
- Toegang MSC containerschepen bij ontwerp diepgang 14,5 m, more
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Events (6) |
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- 2nd International Conference on Ship Manoeuvring in Shallow and Confined Water: Ship to Ship Interaction, more
- 5th MASHCON International Conference on Ship Manoeuvring in Shallow and Confined Water with non-exclusive focus on manoeuvring in waves, wind and current, more
- International Conference on Ship Manoeuvring in Shallow and Confined Water with Special Focus on Ship Bottom Interaction, more
- International Conference on Ship Manoeuvring in Shallow and Confined Water: Bank Effects, more
- Third international conference on ship manoeuvring in shallow and confined water: with non-exclusive focus on ship behaviour in locks, more
- Voorstelling kenniscentrum varen in ondiep en beperkt water, more
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