BSHC offers to ship designers, owners and operators consulting on the powering performance of ships using:
• Validated methods for estimation of ship resistance and propulsion factors based on systematic and random empirical data;
• Its abundant experimental data base comprising more 400 hull forms and 600 propellers;
• The knowledge and expertise of the staff experienced in implementing various projects throughout the years.
On the basis of model test data, observations of the flow around the hull, analysis of historic data, CFD tools and the "art of design" of experienced experts hydrodynamic hull form design is carried out at the initial design stages or improvement of the hydrodynamic performance of existing ships is suggested.
Concept exploration models
Starting from, and not restricting to the hydrodynamic performance of the ship, concept exploration models and conceptual design tools have been developed for a variety of ship types, including sea-going and river-going containerships, SES, planing catamarans.
Full-scale trial analysis
BSHC has a team for full-scale trial analysis including survey of underwater hull and propeller fouling and corrosion, measurement data acquisition and processing, data analysis and model tests validation.
