Secondhand ship is an option to improve marine business competitiveness. It provides a way for ship owners to integrate customer market rapidly without spending many resources on producing new ships. However, secondhand ships that perfectly suit owner's requirements becomes unavoidable challenge. Ship owners may decide to modify their ships to completely fulfill their requirements. A modification method that is often implemented is cargo replacement as observed from customer and global trends. It impacts ship stability due to different cargo properties which leads to different ship physical properties, such as position of center of gravity and buoyancy. Due to this impact, some ships may have excessive or reduced stability which causes potential damages. To ensure that cargo replacement does not negatively impact ship stability, it is evaluated according to the stability regulation of International Maritime Organization and classification society. A cement carrier vessel named MV Cemfjord is used as an example ship. The cargo is replaced from cement (ρ=1.35 tons/m3) to iron ore (ρ=3.03 tons/m3) and fly ash (ρ=0.794 ton/m3). Some modifications such as cargo position and total payload weight will be adjusted to some requirements. After implementing those modifications, some stability issues due to ship center of gravity shifting are considered. Therefore, the possibility of excessive and reduced stability may follow because of this effect. This study will investigate those stability issues and define the solution to overcome them. In this study, two solutions are offered. Firstly, the ship center of gravity is adjusted bymodifying the general arrangement. Other solution is conducted through adjusting the ship center of buoyancy by adding sponsons that affects buoyancy force on the ship hull. After defining the solution, it will be visualized into physical manners, in form of the new general arrangement or the sponsons dimension. Advantages and disadvantages of the chosen solution will also be discussed. / Andrahandsmarknaden för skepp är ett alternativ för sjöfartsindustrin att öka sin konkurrenskraft. Det ger möjligheten att etablera verksamheten på nya marknader utan att behöva bygga nya skepp. Utmaningen med detta är att hitta andrahandsskepp som kan möta kravspecifikationen som den nya ägaren ställer. En modifikation som ofta implementeras är byte av frakt gods för att tillgodose kunder och globala trender. Däremot påverkar lastens olika egenskaper stabiliteten i fartyget genom att masscentrum och flytkraftscentrum förskjuts. Detta är något som kan skada fartygen. För att undvika negativa konsekvenser från lastersättningen utreds den utifrån regler som är bestämda utav International Maritime Organization och klassificeringssällskap. Fartyget MV Cemfjord används som exempelskepp under den här studien. Ursprungligen är det ett fartyg som fraktar cement (ρ=1.35 ton/m3). I den här studien byts lasten ut till järnmalm (ρ= 3.03 ton/m3) och flyg aska (ρ=0.794 ton/m3). Modifikationer rörande lastpositionen och maximal lastkapacitet kommer göras för att möta vissa krav. Efter implementeringen kommer hänsyn tas till förskjutningen av fartygets masscentrum utifrån ett stabilitetshänseende. Studien kommer utreda och presentera lösningar för att komma till rätta med dessa problem. Två lösningar presenteras. Den första lösningen går ut på att flytta fartygets masscentrum genom att ändra fartygets generella layout. Den andra lösningen går ut på att förändra fartygets flytkraftscentrum. Detta görs genom att montera volymer på sidan av fartyget (eng. sponsons) som förändrar fartygets flytkraft. När lösningarna definierats kommer de visualiseras för att jämföra skillnader i fartygets yttre dimensioner. Fördelar och nackdelar med de två alternativen diskuteras också.

This work seeks to illustrate the potential benefits afforded by implementing aspects of fluid dynamics, especially the latest computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling approach, through numerical experimentation and the traditional discipline of physical experimentation to improve the calibration of the severe reactor accident analysis code, MELCOR, in one of several spent fuel pool (SFP) complete loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) scenarios. While the scope of experimental work performed by Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) extends well beyond that which is reasonably addressed by our allotted resources and computational time in accordance with initial project allocations to complete the report, these simulated case trials produced a significant array of supplementary high-fidelity solutions and hydraulic flow-field data in support of SNL research objectives. Results contained herein show FLUENT CFD model representations of a 9x9 BWR fuel assembly in conditions corresponding to a complete loss-of-coolant accident scenario. In addition to the CFD model developments, a MATLAB based control-volume model was constructed to independently assess the 9x9 BWR fuel assembly under similar accident scenarios. The data produced from this work show that FLUENT CFD models are capable of resolving complex flow fields within a BWR fuel assembly in the realm of buoyancy-induced mass flow rates and that characteristic hydraulic parameters from such CFD simulations (or physical experiments) are reasonably employed in corresponding constitutive correlations for developing simplified numerical models of comparable solution accuracy. / text

Thesis (MScEng (Electrical and Electronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis presents the design process of the movement control and guidance systems for an automated underwater vehicle (AUV) constructed by the Institute of Maritime Technology in Simon’s Town. The full non-linear mathematical model and simulation environment for the AUV were previously developed in [1]. The design process in this thesis covers an analysis of existing test data and the performance of the current systems in place on the AUV, derivation and analysis of the linear model for the AUV, design of upgraded control and guidance systems, analysis of the new designs including simulation results, practical implementation of the new designs and the results thereof. Over the course of this project a number of flaws were identified in the original control designs and other aspects of the AUV. Most notably, the capability of the AUV is limited owing to its construction, and the current control and guidance methods result in poor movement characteristics. The new control designs are executed through multiple SISO feedback loops, with the most complicated controllers consisting of proportional and integral control. A completely new guidance method was designed which grants theAUVthe ability to track both straight line and circular path segments with no steady state error. These designs were tested in simulation, with results showing good tracking performance, even in the presence of output disturbances. The new designs were implemented on the physical AUV, but testing was limited, with poor results being obtained. The poor test results were caused primarily by the construction of the AUV. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis stel die ontwerpsproses voor vir die bewegingsbeheer- en navigasiestelsels vir ’n outonome duikboot wat gebou is deur die Instituut vir Maritieme Tegnologie in Simonstad. Die volle nie-lineˆere wiskundige model en simulasieomgewing vir die duikboot is voorheen ontwikkel in [1]. Die ontwerpsproses in hierdie tesis behels ’n analise van bestaande toetsdata en van die werksverrigting van die stelsels wat tans op die duikboot ge¨ınstalleer is, die afleiding en analise van ’n lineˆere model vir die duikboot, die ontwerp van verbeterde beheer- en navigasiestelsels, die analise van die nuwe ontwerpe, wat simulasieresultate insluit, die praktiese implementering van die nuwe ontwerpe, en die resultate daarvan. Deur die loop van die projek is ’n aantal tekortkominge ge¨ıdentifiseer in die oorspronklike beheerstelselontwerpe en ander aspekte van die duikboot. Die mees beduidende tekortkominge is dat die vermo¨e van die duikboot beperk word deur die konstruksie daarvan, en dat die huidige beheer- en navigasietegnieke swak bewegingseienskappe lewer. Die nuwe beheerstelselontwerpe is uitgevoer deur ’n aantal enkelintree, enkeluittree terugvoerlusse, waar die mees komplekse beheerders bestaan uit proporsionele en integraalbeheer. ’n Heeltemal nuwe navigasiemetode is ontwerp, wat die duikboot in staat stel om beide reguit lyne en sirkulˆere padsegmente te volg sonder ’n stasionˆere volgfout. Hierdie ontwerpe is getoets in simulasie, waar die resultate goeie volging getoon het, selfs in die teenwoordigheid van uittreeversteurings. Die nuwe ontwerpe is ge¨ımplementeer op die fisiese duikboot, maar beperkte toetse is gedoen, en het swak resultate gelewer. Die swak toetsresultate was hoofsaaklik as gevolg van die konstruksie van die duikboot.

This study provides independent analysis of Residual Oil Zones (ROZs) in the Permian Basin from a regional perspective, focusing on the formation mechanism and present ROZ locations. Results demonstrate widespread potential for ROZs, defined here as thick volumes of reservoir rock containing near-residual saturations of predominantly immobile oil formed by natural imbibition and displacement of oil by dynamic buoyant or hydrodynamic forces. Previous work suggests hydrodynamic forces generated by regional tectonic uplift drove widespread oil remobilization and ROZ creation. To test the hypothesis, uplift and tilting are quantified and the resulting peak regional potentiometric gradient used as a physical constraint to compute and compare predicted ROZ thicknesses from hydrodynamics for several ROZ-bearing San Andres fields with known ROZ thicknesses. Late-Albian Edwards Group geologic contacts, which are interpreted to have been deposited near sea level prior to uplift, are used as a regional datum. Approximate elevations determined for the present datum show ~1800 m of differential uplift since Edwards deposition, with an average regional slope of ~0.128˚. This post-Edwards tilting increased the pre-existing regional structural gradient of the San Andres Formation to ~0.289˚. Using the calculated post-Edwards gradient results in to prediction of ROZ thicknesses from hydrodynamics that is consistent with measured ROZ thicknesses at several fields. When compared with countervailing buoyancy forces, hydrodynamics is calculated to be the more dominant driving force of oil movement for reservoirs with structural dips less than 1.5˚, which is the common dip for San Andres Formation platform deposits where ROZs have been identified. To predict the location of ROZs, ROZ-related oil field properties were identified and analyzed for over 2,800 Permian Basin reservoirs. A strong basin-wide correlation between API and crude sulfur content is consistent with the expected outcome of oil degradation driven by oil-water interaction, and supports the use of API and sulfur content as proxies for ROZ potential in the Permian Basin. Spatial analysis of sulfur data shows that the highest probability for ROZ existence exists in Leonardian through Guadalupian-age reservoirs, distributed primarily in shelf and platform areas of Permian structures. Combined, these results support the widespread potential for ROZs across the Permian Basin generated primarily by regional scale tilting and resultant hydrodynamic forces. / text

Title: Influence of buoyancy dumb-bells on load intensity during shallow water aerobic Objectives: The aim of this theses was to compare the heart rate to several variants during 14 minutes head-out aquatic exercise (with simultaneous legs and arms actions and with simultaneous legs and arms actions using buoyancy dumb-bells). 8 females, clinically healthy and with a regular level of physical activity in age between 25-60 years (age 42 ± 11,4 years) were studied. The other aim of this theses was to compare the heart rate during rest on land and rest in water during shallow water aerobic in an upright position with water level to shoulder depth. Methods: We monitored heart rate changes during 14 minutes head-out aquatic exercise by Sport Tester S610i. The results of the tests were analyzed and evaluated with Polar Precision Performance software. Chi-squared test was used to examine the average difference to heart rate during tests. Results: We found non-significant increases on load intensity during test with using buoyancy dumb-bells. Average heart rate during rest in water showed decreases by 13 beats per minute. Keywords: buoyancy dumb-bells, load intensity, heart rate, shallow water aerobic

Serratia sp. ATCC 39006 (S39006) is known for producing carbapenem and prodiginine antibiotics; 1-carbapen-2-em-3-carboxylic acid (car) and prodigiosin. It displays different motility mechanisms, such as swimming and swarming aided by flagellar rotation and biosurfactant production. In addition, S39006 produces gas vesicles to float in aqueous environments and enable colonization of air-liquid interfaces. Gas vesicles are thought to be constructed solely from proteins expressed from a gene cluster composed of two contiguous operons, gvpA1-gvpY and gvrA-gvrC. Prior to this study, three cognate regulators, GvrA, GvrB, and GvrC, encoded by the right hand operon were known to be essential for gas vesicle synthesis. Post-transcriptional regulators such as RsmA-rsmB were also known to be involved in the inverse regulation of gas vesicles and flagella based motility. Furthermore, gas vesicle formation, antibiotic production, and motility in S39006 were affected by cell population densities and de-repressed at high cellular densities through a quorum sensing (QS) system. The aim of this research study was to identify novel regulatory inputs to gas vesicle production. Mutants were generated by random transposon mutagenesis followed by extensive screening, then sequencing and bioinformatic identification of the corresponding mutant genes. After screening, 31 mutants and seven novel regulatory genes impacting on cell buoyancy were identified. Phenotypic and genetic analysis revealed that the mutations were pleiotropic and involved in cell morphology, ion transport and central metabolism. Two new pleiotropic regulators were characterized in detail. Mutations in an ion transporter gene (trkH) and a putative transcriptional regulator gene (floR) showed opposite phenotypic impacts on flotation, flagella-based motility and prodigiosin, whereas production of the carbapenem antibiotic was affected in the transcription regulator mutant. Gene expression assays with reporter fusions, phenotypic assays in single and double mutants, and proteomics suggested that these regulatory genes couple different physiological inputs to QS and RsmA-dependent and RsmA-independent pathways.

The aim of this study is to provide knowledge about how preschoolers discuss about carbon dioxide bubbles and its buoyancy. To answer the study´s questions, three focus groups with a total of twelve children and six group interviews with a total of eight children, have been used as a method. In the implementation of the focus groups and the group interviews, the experiment dancing raisins was used. The experiment was used as a concrete material to make the carbonic acid visible to the children. A social constructivist perspective has been used during the analyzes of the data. From the keywords that emerged during the analysis, nine categories have been identified and divided to answer the questions of the study. The result shows that when the children were to describe the carbonic acid, they used the words bubbles and bubble water. Only one child said the word gas, but none of the children used the word carbonic acid. The result also shows that the children in the study have previous experiences that the appearance and characteristics of objects affect whether they float or sink. The result shows that the children mainly used everyday concepts and lack scientific concepts when describing the phenomenon. The result of the study can contribute to a developed chemistry teaching in the preschool, by letting preschool teachers know what words children use to describe a phenomenon and thus adapt the chemistry content of the preschool.

The present work is concerned with the mathematical modelling of a bed of granular material in a gravitational field vertically fluidised by a vibrating surface. The particles are in rapid motion, and lose energy by inelastic collisions. The steady state is maintained by a balance of the rate of dissipation of energy in inelastic particle collisions and the rate of transfer of energy due to particle collisions with the vibrating surface. The limit where the energy dissipation due to inelastic collisions is small compared to the mean kinetic energy of the particles is considered. This non-equilibrium steady state is similar to a dilute gas at equilibrium with a uniform temperature and an exponentially decaying density, obtained from the ideal gas equation of state. From the analysis of this state, four non-dimensional numbers are derived which uniquely specify the state of the system. A perturbative analysis about the uniform temperature state is carried out and analytical solutions to the macroscopic variables of the system are obtained using two types of approximations. The first is a hydrodynamic model using constitutive relations from the general kinetic theory of granular media, and the second is a kinetic theory formulation derived exclusively for the vibro-fluidised bed. The latter permits an anisotropy between the horizontal and vertical directions due to the anisotropic nature of the source of energy at the bottom wall. The kinetic theory is extended to incorporate the corrections due to the high density effects, which is similar to the Enskog correction to dense gases. An event driven (ED), or hard sphere molecular dynamic (MD), simulation of the vibrated bed is carried out. The quantitative predictions of the theories are validated by the simulation. A systematic probing of the parameter space within the ED simulations revealed two new phenomena in a vibro-fluidised bed which are inhomogeneous in the horizontal direction. These are convection rolls similar to the Rayleigh-Benard instability in fluids, and a clustering instability leading to a phase separation. The instabilities are characterised using a phase diagram. The homogeneous states close to these new states are adequately described by the models developed here. An analysis of the stability of this state could have implications in understanding the instabilities in driven granular materials (such as in sheared media and fluidised beds) in general, and pattern formation in vibrated beds in particular.

Η τσιπούρα είναι ένα είδος με ιδιαίτερο εμπορικό ενδιαφέρον. Στην Ελλάδα η εκτροφή της είναι ιδιαίτερα σημαντική. Παρά τη μεγάλη μελέτη λόγω της εκτροφής του είδους, υπάρχουν ακόμα πολλά αναπάντητα ερωτήματα ειδικά σε θέματα της αναπαραγωγής. Η μελέτη που έγινε δίνει πληροφορίες σχετικά με την πλευστότητα αυγών τσιπούρας εκτροφής, προέλευσης Ατλαντικού και Μεσογείου, φυσικής και όψιμης φωτοπεριόδου, όπως αυτή διαμορφώνεται καθ’ όλη τη διάρκεια της αναπαραγωγικής περιόδου (4,5 μήνες) και σε 7 διαφορετικές αλατότητες (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 ppt). Η αλατότητα ωοτοκίας ήταν 40 ppt. Μετρήθηκαν επίσης οι διάμετροι των αυγών σε δύο από αυτές τις αλατότητες (32 και 35ppt). Τα αποτελέσματα έχουν ιδιαίτερο οικολογικό ενδιαφέρον, καθώς επιτρέπουν τη δόμηση κάποιων υποθέσεων σχετικά με την επίδραση διαφορετικών συνθηκών, στην πιθανότητα επιβίωσης των αυγών και συνεπώς και επανένταξης νέων ατόμων στο φυσικό περιβάλλον. / Gilthead seabream is a species of high commercial interest. It is very important for Greek fish farming. Although, there has been great research on the species, there are still many questions unanswered, especially in the area of reproduction. This study gives information regarding the egg buoyancy of farmed gilthead seabream coming from the Atlantic or the Mediterranean, under natural or late photoperiod, during the whole reproduction period (4,5 months)and under 7 different salinities (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 ppt). Salinity at reproduction was 40 ppt. The diameter of the eggs was also measured (at 32 and 35 ppt). The results have particular ecological interest, as they allow the formation of some hypothesis regarding the influence of different factors in the recruitment of gilthead seabream in nature.

Un grand effort a été réalisé ces dernières années dans la compréhension du champ d'écoulement et du transfert de chaleur dans les canaux de refroidissement internes présents dans les pales de turbine. En effet, des systèmes de refroidissement avancés ont non seulement conduit à l'augmentation de l'efficacité de la turbine à gaz en augmentant la température d'entrée de la turbine au-dessus de la température de fusion du matériau, mais également en augmentant la durée de vie de la turbine. Pour permettre de tels progrès, des techniques expérimentales et numériques modernes ont été largement appliquées afin d'interpréter et d'optimiser l'aérodynamique et le transfert de chaleur dans les canaux de refroidissement internes. Cependant, les données disponibles sont limitées dans le cas des canaux de refroidissement internes dans les aubes de rotor de turbine. Les gradients de rotation et de température introduisent des forces de flottabilité de type Coriolis et centripète dans le référentiel rotatif, modifiant de manière significative l'aérothermodynamique par rapport aux passages stationnaires. Dans le cas des pales de rotor de turbine, la plupart des investigations sont soit basées sur des mesures ponctuelles, soit sont contraintes à des régimes de rotation faibles. L'objectif principal de ce travail est d'étudier le débit détaillé et le transfert de chaleur d'un canal de refroidissement interne à des conditions de fonctionnement dimensionnelles sans moteur représentatives. Ce travail introduit une section d'essai en laboratoire qui exploite des canaux à nervures sur un large éventail de nombres de Reynolds, de rotation et de flottabilité. Dans le présent travail, le nombre de Reynolds va de 15,000 à 55,000, le nombre de rotation maximum est égal à 0.77 et le nombre maximal de flottabilité est égal à 0.77. La nouvelle installation expérimentale consiste en une conception polyvalente qui permet l'interchangeabilité de la géométrie testée, de sorte que les canaux de différents rapports d'aspect et les géométries de nervure peut être facilement installé. La particle image velocimetry et la thermographie à cristaux liquides sont effectuées pour fournir des mesures précises de vitesse et de transfert de chaleur dans les mêmes conditions opératoires, ce qui conduit à un ensemble de données expérimentales unique. De plus, des simulations à grands virages sont réalisées pour donner une image de l'ensemble du champ d'écoulement et compléter les observations expérimentales. En outre, l'approche numérique vise à fournir une méthodologie robuste qui est capable de fournir des prédictions haute-fidélité de la performance des canaux de refroidissement internes. / A great effort has been carried out over the recent years in the understanding of the flow field and heat transfer in the internal cooling channels present in turbine blades. Indeed, advanced cooling schemes have not only lead to the increase of the gas turbine efficiency by increasing the Turbine Inlet Temperature above the material melting temperature, but also the increase of the turbine lifespan. To allow such progresses, modern experimental and numerical techniques have been widely applied in order to interpret and optimize the aerodynamics and heat transfer in internal cooling channels. However, the available data is limited in the case of internal cooling channels in turbine rotor blades. Rotation and temperature gradients introduce Coriolis and centripetal buoyancy forces in the rotating frame of reference, modifying significantly the aerothermodynamics from that of the stationary passages. In the case of turbine rotor blades, most of the investigations are either based on point-wise measurements or are constraint to low rotational regimes. The main objective of this work is to study the detailed flow and heat transfer of an internal cooling channel at representative engine dimensionless operating conditions. This work introduces a laboratory test section that operates ribbed channels over a wide range of Reynolds, Rotation and Buoyancy numbers. In the present work, the Reynolds number ranges from 15,000 to 55,000, the maximum Rotation number is equal to 0.77, and the maximum Buoyancy number is equal to 0.77. The new experimental facility consists in a versatile design that allows the interchangeability of the tested geometry, so that channels of different aspect ratios and rib geometries can be easily fitted. Particle Image Velocimetry and Liquid Crystal Thermography are performed to provide accurate velocity and heat transfer measurements under the same operating conditions, which lead to a unique experimental data set. Moreover, Large Eddy Simulations are carried out to give a picture of the entire flow field and complement the experimental observations. Additionally, the numerical approach intends to provide a robust methodology that is able to provide high fidelity predictions of the performance of internal cooling channels.