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Best paper award

Thursday 03/03/2022

Mr. Bagué, Prof. Degroote, Dr. Demeester and Prof. Lataire won the 2021 JST Best Paper Award for their paper “Dynamic Stability Analysis of a Hydrofoiling Sailing Boat Using CFD”, published in the SNAME Journal of Sailing Technology in March 2021. This Award is for “The Most Outstanding Contribution to the Journal”.

A change in our RSS feeds

Monday 23/04/2018

Our thematic research publication feeds have changed. So please adapt these feeds in your browser of reader. Hydraulics and sediment [?] Harbours and waterways [?] Water management [?] Hydraulic structures [?] What's RSS?

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Second towing tank in Flanders

Monday 10/10/2016

We are very pleased to announce that the Flemish Government has decided to invest 30.7 million euros to construct a new maritime research centre in Ostend. The research centre will include a shallow water towing tank and a wave basin. The Knowledge Centre has stongly insisted for a very long time on the construction of a second shallow water towing tank.

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27th Newsletter Knowledge Centre Manoeuvring in Shallow and Confined Water

Monday 29/08/2016

This newsletter aims to consolidate, extend and disseminate knowledge on the behaviour of ships in shallow and confined water. Download the latest newsletter

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Research on the influence of breaking logs on the flow pattern in locks with (filling) openings in the lock gate

Wednesday 13/04/2016

Locks are key-structures for the accessibility of ports and navigable waterways. Different systems exist for filling and emptying of the lock chamber. For locks with a high head between the upstream and downstream reservoir mostly long culverts, short culverts bypassing the lock gates or culverts with openings in the bottom of the lock chamber are considered...

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24th Newsletter Knowledge Centre Manoeuvring in Shallow and Confined Water

Monday 22/02/2016

This newsletter aims to consolidate, extend and disseminate knowledge on the behaviour of ships in shallow and confined water. Download the

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23rd Newsletter Knowledge Centre Manoeuvring in Shallow and Confined Water

Monday 07/12/2015

This newsletter aims to consolidate, extend and disseminate knowledge on the behaviour of ships in shallow and confined water. Download

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22nd Newsletter Knowledge Centre Manoeuvring in Shallow and Confined Water

Monday 29/06/2015

This newsletter aims to consolidate, extend and disseminate knowledge on the behaviour of ships in shallow and confined water. Download (600 kB)

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21st newsletter Knowledge Centre Manoeuvring in Shallow and Confined Water

Tuesday 09/06/2015

This newsletter aims to consolidate, extend and disseminate knowledge on the behaviour of ships in shallow and confined water. Download

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Accessibility study MSC New York

Tuesday 09/06/2015

On 10 December 2014, the MSC New York arrived in the Port of Antwerp. With a length of 399 m and a beam of 54 m, it is the largest ship ever to pass through the Berendrecht lock, which in itself is the largest lock in the world at present. The arrival was preceded by a study executed at Flanders Hydraulics in cooperation with the Flemish pilotage and the Common Nautical Authority.

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New website

Tuesday 09/06/2015

Today Flanders Hydraulics presents his brand new website. The website has undergone a complete makeover with lots of useful features and a highly improved navigation.