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T-POD Conference 
Banquet  
  
Photographs from the T-POD banquet 
are shown below, taken on the second evening of the T-POD conference after a 
Piano and Violin Recital by Gulsin and Erkin Onay in the King's Hall at the 
University of Newcastle 
  
  
  
  
The T-POD 
conference a Final Programme is now available to download. Details of all of the 
papers, session chairmen and the social activities planned are also included. 
Please follow the link - Final Programme 
Wednesday, April 14 
     
      
  
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    08.00 – 09.30  | 
    
    
     
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    Registration - King’s 
    Hall, Armstrong Building 
    
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    09.30 – 10.25  | 
    
    
     
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    Opening Ceremony – 
    Robert Boyle Lecture Room, Armstrong Building 
    
      
    
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    Head of School 
    
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    T-POD Chairman  
    
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    Introduction to FASTPOD 
    
      
    
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    Session 1 
    
      
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    Design Technology 
    
      
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    10.25 – 10.50  | 
    
    
     
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    Parametric investigations 
    designed to help focused pod technology developments 
    P.Goubault, J.Perree (Principia 
    Marine, France) 
    
      
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    10.50 – 11.15  | 
    
    
     
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    Hull design and 
    optimisation with pod propellers with 5 and 6 blades 
    G.Bertaglia, G.Lavini, S.Scarpa (Fincantieri, 
    Italy) 
    
      
    
      
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    11.15 – 11.45 
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    Coffee 
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    – King’s Hall 
    
      
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    Session 2  
    
      
    
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    Innovative Solutions 
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    11.45 – 12.10  | 
    
    
     
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    New podded drives for the 
    power range of 1-5 MW 
    S.Kaul (SCHOTTEL, 
    Germany) 
    
      
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    12.10 – 12.35  | 
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    Rim-drive propulsion – 
    Improving reliability and maintainability over today’s pods 
    
    B.van Blarcom, A.Franco, M.Lea, S.Peil, 
    D.Thompson, P.van Dine (General Dynamics, 
    EB, USA) 
    
      
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    12.35 – 13.00 
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    Pod propulsion research and development at 
    the ARL-Penn State 
    J.E.Eaton, M.Billet (ARL-Penn 
    State University, USA) 
    
      
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    13.00 – 14.00  | 
    
    
     
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    Lunch Buffet – King’s 
    Hall 
    
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    14.00 – 14.30  | 
    
    
     
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    Emerson Cavitation 
    Tunnel - available to visit 
    
      
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    Session 3  
    
      
    
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    Motion Response 
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    14.30 – 14.55  | 
    
    
     
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    Operability of fast podded 
    Ropax ships in rough seas 
    K.Sarioz, E.Sarioz (Istanbul Technical 
    University, Turkey), 
    
    M.Atlar, M.D.Woodward, R.Sampson (University of 
    Newcastle, UK) 
    
      
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    14.55 – 15.20  | 
    
    
     
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    Effect of pods on the roll 
    behaviour of passenger vessels 
    
    O.Turan, D.Clelland, C.Tuzcu, A.Olcer 
    
    (SSRC, Universities  of Strathclyde and 
    Glasgow, UK) 
    
      
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    15.20 – 15.45  | 
    
    
     
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    Manoeuvring aspects of 
    pod-driven ships 
    
    Z. Ayaz, O. Turan, D.Vassalos 
    
    (SSRC, Universities  of Strathclyde and 
    Glasgow, UK) 
    
      
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    15.45 – 16.15 
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    Coffee Break – King’s Hall 
    
      
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    Session 4  
    
      
    
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    Ice Applications 
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    16.15 – 16.40  | 
    
    
     
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    Full scale performance of 
    double acting tankers “Tempera and Mastera” 
    
    N. Sasaki (Sumitomo HI, Japan), 
    
    J.Laapio, B.Fagerstrom (Fortum Oil and Gas, Finland), 
    
    K.Juurmaa, 
    G.Wilkman (MARC, Finland) 
    
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    16.40 – 17.05  | 
    
    
     
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    Double Acting Tanker – 
    Experiences from model tests and sea trials 
    
    P.Trägårdh, P.Lindell (SSPA, Sweden),
     
    
    N.Sasaki (Sumitomo HI, Japan) 
    
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    17.05 - 17.30  | 
    
    
     
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    Measuring podded propulsor 
    performance in ice 
    
    A.Akinturk, S.J.Jones, B.Rowell, D.Duffy  
    
    (NRC-IOC, 
    Canada) 
    
      
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    17.30  | 
    
    
     
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    End Of Session 
     
    
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    17.45  | 
    
    
     
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    Coach departs for the “Discovery Museum” 
    trip - from King’s Walk 
    
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    18.00 – 20.00  | 
    
    
     
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    Tour of “Discovery 
    Museum” -  Conference Reception 
    
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    20.00 – 20.15  | 
    
    
     
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    Coach returns   | 
   
 
      
    Thursday 15th April 
  
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    08.30 
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    King’s Hall opens to 
    receive delegates 
    
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    Session 5 
    
      
    
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    Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) Applications 
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    09.10 – 09.35  | 
    
    
     
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    On the hydrodynamic design 
    of podded propulsors for fast commercial vessels 
    
    A.Sanchez-Caja, J.V.Pylkkanen (VTT, 
    Finland) 
    
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    09.35 – 10.00  | 
    
    
     
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    Numerical simulations of 
    flows around a ship with podded propulsor 
    
    K.Ohashi, T.Hino (NMRI, Japan) 
    
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    10.00 – 10.25  | 
    
    
     
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    On a propulsion prediction 
    procedure for ships with podded propulsors using RANS code analysis 
    
    I.A.Chicherin, M.Lobatchev, A.Pustoshny (KSRI, 
    Russia), 
    
    A.Sanchez-Caja (VTT, Finland) 
    
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    10.25 – 10.50 
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    Fluctuating pressure 
    distribution on pod 
    
    F.Deniset, J-Y.Billard, R.Jaouen (IRENAV, 
    France), 
    
    J-M.Laurens (ENSIETA, France) 
    
      
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    10.50 – 11.20  | 
    
    
     
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    Coffee Break – King’s Hall 
    
      
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    Session 6  
    
      
    
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    Contra Rotating Propulsion 
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    11.20 – 11.45  | 
    
    
     
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    On the design of a shafted 
    propeller plus electric thruster contra-rotating propulsion complex 
    V.Bushkovsky, I.Frolova, S.Kaprantsev, 
    A.Pustoshny, A.Vasiljev, A.Jacolev (KSRI, 
    Russia), 
    T. Veikonheimo (ABB, 
    Finland) 
    
      
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    11.45 – 12.10  | 
    
    
     
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    Calculation method for 
    steering forces of a pod in hybrid propulsion 
    
    P.Ruponen, J.Matusiak (Helsinki 
    University of Technology, Finland) 
    
      
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    12.10 – 12.35  | 
    
    
     
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    Study on the powering 
    performance evaluation for the CRP-Pod propulsion ships 
    
    G.Seokcheon, S.Heungwon , B.J.Chang (Hyundai 
    HI, Korea) 
      
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    12.35 – 13.00  | 
    
    
     
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    Propulsive performance of 
    a contra-rotating podded propulsor 
    
    Y.Ukon, K.Ohashi, J.Fujisawa, J.Hasegawa (NMRI,
    Japan) 
    
      
    
      
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    13.00 – 14.00  | 
    
    
     
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    Lunch Buffet – King’s 
    Hall 
    
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    14.00 – 14.30  | 
    
    
     
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    Hydrodynamic 
    Laboratory - available to visit 
    
      
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    Session 7  
    
      
    
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    Manoeuvring Loads 
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    14.30 – 14.55  | 
    
    
     
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    Investigations about the 
    forces and moments at podded drives 
    
    H.J.Heinke (Potsdam Ship Model Basin-SVA, 
    Germany) 
    
       
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    14.55 – 15.20  | 
    
    
     
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    Preliminary results of 
    testing of the dynamics of an azimuthing podded propulsor relating to 
    vehicle manoeuvring 
    
    J.W.Stettler, F.S.Hover, M.S.Triantafyllou 
    
    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 
    USA) 
    
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    15.20 – 15.45  | 
    
    
     
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    A comparison of the 
    stopping modes for pod driven ships 
    
    M.D.Woodward, M.Atlar, D.Clarke (University 
    of Newcastle, UK) 
    
      
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    15.45 – 16.15 
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    Coffee Break – King’s Hall 
    
      
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    Session 8  
    
      
    
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    Manoeuvring
    Response 
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    16.15 – 16.40  | 
    
    
     
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    Open water experiments 
    with two pod propulsor models 
    
    M.Grygorowicz, J.A.Szantyr (Gdansk 
    University of Technology, Poland) 
    
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    16.40 – 17.05  | 
    
    
     
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    Manoeuvrability tests of a 
    vessel with pod propulsion 
    
    L.Kobylinski (Foundation for Safety and 
    Environment Protection, Poland) 
    
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    17.05 - 17.30  | 
    
    
     
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    Selected aspects of pod 
    propulsor work in operational conditions 
    
    J.Kanar (Ship Design and Research Centre 
    –CTO, Poland) 
    
      
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    17.30  | 
    
    
     
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    End Of Session 
     
    
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    19.15 – 19.45  | 
    
    
     
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    Cocktail Reception – 
    Council Chambers, Armstrong Building 
    
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    19.45 – 20.15  | 
    
    
     
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    Music Recital - King’s 
    Hall 
    
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    20.15 – 22.15  | 
    
    
     
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    Conference Banquette – 
    King’s Hall 
    
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Friday 16th 
April  
  
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    08.30 – 09.10 
    
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    King’s Hall opens to 
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    Session 9 
    
      
    
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    Operational Technology 
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    09.10 – 09.35  | 
    
    
     
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    Cavitation and vibration 
    investigations for podded drives 
    
    J.Friesch (Hamburg Ship Model Basin 
    –HSVA, Germany) 
    
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    09.35 – 10.00  | 
    
    
     
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    Podded rudders 
    
    A.Junglewitz, O.A.el Moctar, S.Franic (Germanischer 
    Lloyd, Germany) 
    
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    10.00 – 10.25  | 
    
    
     
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    Naval pod-motor 
    hydro-acoustic simulation 
    
    J.F.LeBert, R. Barbarin, C.Laine (DCN 
    Propulsion, France) 
    
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    10.25 – 10.50 
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    Propulsion 
    system evolution 
    
    T.Kontes, C Kontes (Festival 
    Cruises, Greece) 
    
      
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    10.50 – 11.20  | 
    
    
     
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    Coffee Break – Music Library, 
    Armstrong Building 
    
      
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    Session 10  
    
      
    
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    Experimental Technology 
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    11.20 – 11.45  | 
    
    
     
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    Design of a model pod test 
    unit 
    A.MacNeil (Oceanic Consulting Corp, 
    Canada), R.Taylor, S.Molloy, N.Bose, B.Veitch (Memorial University, 
    Canada), 
    
    T.Randell, P.Liu (NRC-IOC, Canada)  
    
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    11.45 – 12.10  | 
    
    
     
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    Systematic geometric 
    variation of podded propulsor models 
    
    S.Molloy, N.Bose, A B.Veitch, R.Taylor (Memorial 
    University, Canada), 
    
    A MacNeil (Oceanic Consulting Corp., 
    Canada) 
    
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    12.10 – 12.35  | 
    
    
     
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    Numerical and experimental 
    investigation tools for preliminary design of podded propulsor components 
    
    F.DiFelice, M.Felli, L.Greco, 
    F.Pereira, F.Salvatore, C.Testa 
    
    (INSEAN- Italian Ship Model Basin) 
    
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    12.35 – 13.00  | 
    
    
     
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    Experimental investigation 
    of flow around a podded propulsor using LDA 
    
    D.Wang, M.Atlar, EJ Glover, I 
    Paterson   
    
    (University Newcastle, UK) 
    
      
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    13.00 – 14.00  | 
    
    
     
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    Lunch Buffet – 
    University Ballroom 
    
      
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    Session 11  
    
      
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    Hydrodynamic Modeling 
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    14.00 – 14.25  | 
    
    
     
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    On propulsive performance 
    of a small bulk-carrier model with twin podded propellers 
    K.Nakatake, J.Ando, A.Yoshitake, Y.Sato (Kyushu 
    University, Japan), M.Tamashima (Fluid Techno Co., Japan) 
    
      
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    14.25 – 14.50  | 
    
    
     
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    Numerical investigation on 
    hydrodynamic performance of podded propeller 
    M.Islam, R.Taylor, J.Quinton, B.Weitch, 
    N.Bose (Memorial University, Canada), B.Colbourne, P. Liu (NRC-IOT, 
    Canada) 
    
      
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    14.50 – 15.15  | 
    
    
     
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    Research on wake model of 
    pod propulsion 
    
    C.Ma, Z.Qian, C.Yang, X.Zhang, D. Du (Naval 
    Research Centre, China) 
    
      
    
      
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    15.15 
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    Conference Closing  | 
   
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