Behaviours of a Ship Passing through a Lock under the Influence of a Berthed Ship

In this paper, a numerical study on the behaviours of a ship passing through a lock under the influence of a berthed ship is carried out. The viscous flow and hydrodynamic forces are calculated by applying an unsteady RANS code with a RNG k-å turbulence model. UDF is compiled to define the ship motion. The numerical results are obtained and...

Sustainable innovation backcasting and participatory decision making: The road from intervention to innovation

Participatory intervention methods can be seen as tools to solve the problems that are the results of locked-in institutional practices. To repair such institutional problems, participatory tools have to address three sets of questions.First, who to select as a participant, and what is the function of the selected participants? Second, how can...

Innovative Concepts in Navigation Lock Design and Gate Contact Aspects

This paper presents the new report n°106 of PIANC InCom WG29 on Innovations in Navigation Lock Design, published by PIANC in August 2009, as well as some additional contributions on lock gates (gate contact technology). The paper highlights the main objectives and issues of his PIANC report with a specific emphasis on gates and specifically on...