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China’s shipbuilders continue with global lead in H1 2023

22nd September 2023 | Shipbuilding, The Naval Architect

Just 20 years ago Chinese shipyards had a market share of less than 10% but massive capacity expansion during the 2000s propelled the country to first place in the global shipbuilding industry by 2009, a position the country has battled with South Korea over in subsequent years. Having claimed the number one spot in 2021 […]

Efficient CFD simulations for speed and delivered power in waves at full scale

22nd September 2023 | Naval Architecture, The Naval Architect

By Michal Orych, managing director, FLOWTECH Int. AB, Martin Kjellberg, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden/SSPA, and Lars Larsson, Chalmers University of Technology Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is presently an accepted tool for predicting calm water resistance and power at model scale. The status of CFD for these applications is well covered by the International Workshops […]