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Marine engineering | 2005
Michio Ueno; Toshifumi Fujiwara; Masaru Tsujimoto; Fumitoshi Kitamura; Yoshimasa Minami; Tadashi Nimura; Koichi Hirata; Hideki Miyazaki
Investigation in wind tunnel tests of the aerodynamic characteristics of a hybrid sail, consisting of a slat, a hard sail, and a soft sail was combined with experimental clarification of the interactive effects of plural hybrid sails on deck. We measured the hydrodynamic characteristics of underwater fins for advanced sail-assisted ships in tank tests, and analyzed their effectiveness on steady sailing performance, as well as investigating through wind tests the aerodynamic characteristics of a new hybrid sail that utilizes a deck crane as its boom. The weather routing system we developed for advanced sail-assisted ships showed in calculations for a North Pacific Ocean route that an advanced sail-assisted bulk carrier can cut emission of carbon dioxide by a total of 17.4 percent on the average, compared with a conventional bulk carrier.
Marine engineering | 2006
Akihisa Konno; Takuro Furuya; Akisato Mizuno; Kazuhisa Hishinuma; Koichi Hirata; Masakuni Kawada
The Thirteenth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference | 2003
Toshifumi Fujiwara; Koichi Hirata; Michio Ueno; Tadashi Nimura
Journal of The Japan Institute of Marine Engineering | 2012
Yoichi Niki; Koichi Hirata; Takeyuki Kishi; Yasuhisa Ichikawa; Shota Ohashi
Journal of The Japan Institute of Marine Engineering | 2018
Yoichi Niki; Yoshifuru Nitta; Sumito Nishio; Koichi Hirata
Journal of The Japan Institute of Marine Engineering | 2018
Yoshifuru Nitta; Yoichi Niki; Koichi Hirata; Yudai Yamasaki
Journal of The Japan Institute of Marine Engineering | 2017
Masaki Fukazawa; Takashi Odagiri; Junichi Suzuki; Hironori Susaki; Naoya Umeda; Hidenori Makino; Yuichiro Hirano; Katsuji Tanizawa; Koichi Hirata; Hidenori Sekiguchi; Bondarenko Oleksiy; Yasushi Kitagawa; Koichiro Shiraishi
Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power-transactions of The Asme | 2017
Yoshifuru Nitta; Dong-Hoon Yoo; Sumito Nishio; Yasuhisa Ichikawa; Koichi Hirata; Yudai Yamasaki
Marine engineering | 2013
Koichi Hirata; Takeyuki Kishi; Yoichi Niki
The Proceedings of the Symposium on Stirlling Cycle | 2012
Koichi Hirata; Dong-Hoon Yoo