Scientific Support of the Port Designing by Hydrodynamic Laboratories

摘要

One of the main challenges in development of oil and gas fields in the North of Russia is transportation. A new ad hoc port is under design now. Krylov Shipbuilding Research Institute (KSRI) has accomplished a substantial research program in support of this project. It includes the wind tunnel tests for the mock-up of the bay with cliffy coast, RANS wind flow computations for the same area, simulation of waves propagation in the bay using 70 m mock-up of the bay in the seakeeping basin, study of the ship and tugs maneuvering characteristics in waves and development of computer simulator for ship maneuverability investigations. The paper presents brief description of the work and main results. Performed research program formed the basis for the design of the port.