High Speed Marine Vessels

26-27 May 2011, Naples, Italy

Overview

The 9^th HSMV Symposium will be held in Naples in May 2011. As in previous years, the symposium will provide an opportunity to present and discuss developments in the design, construction and operation of high speed marine vessels.

The market has now recognised that each type of high speed marine vessel has its own optimum maximum speed, and that fast sea transportation must consider many other factors that speed, such as cargo capacity, economy of operation, passenger comfort and safety, environmental friendliness.

Vessels such as large ferries, mega yachts and sailing boats may never achieve speeds of, say 40 knots, but an increase in speed, together with consideration of other factors, may provide significant added value, although such increase of speed must not conflict with the requirement for passenger comfort.

For such vessels the increase of speed must not collide with passenger comfort.

The 9^th HSMV Symposium will be held in the year which celebrates the 200^th anniversary if the founding of the Scuola di Ingegneria of the University di Napoli "Federico II." Although the University itself was founded in 1242, it was not until 1811 that engineering was taught.

Content

Papers are invited on all aspects of the development, design, construction and operation of high speed vessels, particularly those relating to this wider interpretation of 'high speed vessels'.

• Symposium topics
• Design and production technologies
• Experimental and numerical hydrodynamics
• Resistance, sea keeping, manoeuvring
• Propulsion efficiency
• Structures - loads, strength, materials
• Optimisation of hull weight (structure and equipments)
• Automation and ride control
• Safety
• Passenger comfort
• Cargo capacity
• Transport efficiency
• Fast sea traffic
• Terminals, intermodal trade
• Environmental friendliness

Click here to download the HSMV 2011 Call for Papers

Further information

For further information regarding this event please contact:

P. Cioffi
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Navale
Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Via Claudio, 21
80125 Naples
Italy
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