The research group Naval Architecture, Maritime Engineering, Inland and Sea Shipping and Transport System Analysis (ANAST) studies multiple aspects of shipping. The research activities of this group concentrate on shipbuilding, naval and offshore engineering (wind energy); maritime transport; modelling of river/maritime and intermodal transport; telematics applied to the management of navigation material; the development of an integrated application software (CAD-CAE) for shipbuilding; optimisation of naval and floating structures; technical-economic comparative analyses on transport modes (incl. intermodality); the development of a transport plan, mathematical modelling of future traffic flow; testing techniques after optimisation in the towing tank; naval hydrodynamics and production simulation (space, flow).
The marine topics studied by this research unit are:
- shipbuilding and the development of an integrated application software (CAD-CAE) for ship building;
- development and optimisation of offshore wind turbines (WindSteel, EOL-OS, etc.);
- development of a real-time and powerful asset integrity management system for offshore wind farms and an adaptive maintenance strategy (HLC-AIMS).
The research group collaborates with many institutes and universities worldwide and participates in several European and international research projects. |
