Towing tests of the first ship design
Towing tests of the first ship design in FlettnerFLEET The time had finally come this week! The towing of our first ship design took place under test conditions and the entire project consortium was on site to experience the exciting developments at first hand. We are...
Wind propulsion is becoming increasingly popular in shipping
Wind propulsion is becoming increasingly popular in shipping ‘Windship Day 2024’ conference on board the historic cargo ship PEKING Setting sail for more sustainable, climate-friendly shipping – this was the motto of Windship Day 2024, which was held on Wednesday, 4...
Project update: CFD
CFD, FlettnerFLEET and MS “Annika Braren” Every kind of aerodynamic research of surface vessels is generally carried out numerically at HSVA. Usually, either purely statistical approaches (Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes, URANS) or hybrid, statistical and...
Windship Insights – Flettnerrotor
Windship Insights – Der Flettnerrotor im Fokus Emissionen in der Schifffahrt zu reduzieren, ist das Gebot der Stunde. Einen wichtigen Beitrag können Wind(zusatz)antriebe leisten, denn die Potentiale der Windenergienutzung in der Schifffahrt sind enorm. Im Rahmen der...
