In this paper a multi-method approach is used to setup and validate a monitoring system
applied to a small sailing boat during real sailing conditions. This monitoring system is able …

The purpose of the research project is to establish a reliable index in the performance
evaluation of ships. During operation the ship will experience added resistance due to …

This paper describes a new performance monitoring system for dinghies and small sailing
boats, developed in a collaborative project of the Yacht Research Unit Kiel (YRUK) and the …

The work in this thesis is preceded by a Master of Research in Marine Technology project
between September 2004 and October 2005. The project was supervised by Professor …

The development of icebreaking ships started systematically in late 1960ies. That time also it
came quite common to also perform model tests in ice. Model tests are used to make …

In this paper, full-scale performance of large merchant ships is evaluated by means of newly
developed onboard performance monitoring method. Full-scale performance monitoring and …

The development of a tool for predicting the dynamic performances of sailing yachts is
presented in this paper. After establishing the equations of motion and the coordinate …

The present study describes the verification methods and accuracy assessment procedures,
provided by ASME guide, of sailing yacht performance prediction program useful in order to …

The number of hull monitoring systems installed on ships increases fast. A hull monitoring
system is a dynamic loading computer, but by proper calibration it can also verify the static …

As part of the Industrial PhD project''Ship Performance Monitoring''automatic data sampling
equipment was installed on the tanker''Torm Marie''in January 2008 and so far data from four …