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Hyung-Gon Lee, Ok-Hwan Yu, Sang-Lyeol Kim, Jung-Hoon Kang and Kyoung-Soon Shin
Global ecological concern regarding the transfer of fouling organisms to ship hulls is increasing. This study investigated the species composition, dominant species, distribution patterns, community structure, and life-cycle differences of hull-fouling m...
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Wei Wang, Haoran Guo, Fei Li, Lu Zhen and Shuaian Wang
Ship fouling has significant adverse effects on vessel performance and environmental sustainability. Therefore, this research study develops a bi-level programming model to simultaneously optimize cleaning equipment deployment by cleaning service provide...
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Daegil Park, Jong-Boo Han, Teakyeong Yeu, Su-gil Cho, Seongsoon Kim, Hyungwoo Kim and Yeongjun Lee
Fouling organisms reduce a ship?s fuel efficiency and disturb the ecosystem. Therefore, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and many nations have enacted laws that mandate periodic hull cleaning for removing fouling organisms. However, cleaning...
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Paul Whitworth, Anthony S. Clare, John A. Finlay, Richard F. Piola, Joseph Plummer and Nick Aldred
The biofouling of marine structures must be controlled if crippling operational and maintenance costs are to be avoided and biological invasions prevented. However, traditional methods of biofouling control typically involve the use of toxic chemicals, w...
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Shukui Liu, Haoliang Chen, Baoguo Shang and Apostolos Papanikolaou
Ship hull and propeller fouling has a severe impact both on fuel costs and on greenhouse gas emission, thus, it is an important subject to consider when developing a maintenance plan to enhance energy efficiency and reduce gas emissions from ships. This ...
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Michael O?Byrne, Bidisha Ghosh, Franck Schoefs and Vikram Pakrashi
This paper investigates the role that virtual environments can play in assisting engineers and divers when performing subsea inspections. We outline the current state of research and technology that is relevant to the development of effective virtual env...
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Dinis Oliveira and Lena Granhag
Biofouling is detrimental to the hydrodynamic performance of ships. In spite of advances in hull coating technology, a ship must usually undergo underwater hull cleaning to remove biofouling during her in-service time. However, some cleaning practices ma...
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Osman Turan, Yigit Kemal Demirel, Sandy Day, Tahsin Tezdogan
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An extensive series of towing tests using flat plates covered with artificial barnacles were carried out at the Kelvin Hydrodynamics Laboratory (KHL) at the University of Strathclyde. The tests were designed to examine the effect of the coverage percenta...
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Mary V. Graham and Nathaniel C. Cady
Bacterial surface fouling is problematic for a wide range of applications and industries, including, but not limited to medical devices (implants, replacement joints, stents, pacemakers), municipal infrastructure (pipes, wastewater treatment), food produ...
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