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In recent decades, bio-inspired design has become a common approach among engineers. Research and study of biological systems show that these systems are very efficient and consume the least amount of energy in a definite process. Specifically, marine mammals and fishes are great sources of inspiration. As an example, recently vertical axis wind turbine farms have been designed and constructed inspired by schools of fish, to produce more electricity. Boxfishes (Teleostei: Ostraciidae) are known for their hydrodynamic stability and relatively low drag coefficient. Highly maneuverable underwater robots have been designed according to morphology of boxfishes. Furthermore, Mercedes-Benz has... 

Regarding to significant role of marine pipelines in transferring oil, water and other products, a research was carried out to study the sediment transportation (Scouring) under pipelines which threaten pipelines. Interaction between fluid phase (flow field), structure phase (pipe) and sediment, determine scour profile shape and specifications of each phase which can change scour depth. In this research Flow-3D software was used to simulate scouring process under cylinder. First the flow field around cylinder near wall was studied and the scour depth under direct and oscillating flow was simulated. In addition, in next pace, the number of pipes and their distance were varied to measure... 

Nowadays, underwater vehicles designed by getting inspiration from aquatic animals’ motions have considerable merits; therefore, the issue of designing and building such vehicles has great significance. One of the aquatic animals, which can be a source of inspiration for designing vehicles with optimized propulsion and maneuver ability, is turtle. In order to design a robot under the inspiration of turtle locomotion, at first, it requires analyzing its locomotion carefully. In this project, it has been tried to do so. Having examined the motions of turtles and other aquatic animals thoroughly, the basics of their motions are achieved. Next, the locomotion of both sea and pond turtle are... 

In recent decades, SPM system has become a great method for transferring petroleum products to tankers and vice versa. SPM technology has shown his confidence and operation abilities. Sea waves are the most important phenomenon to be considered in the design of coastal and offshore structures. In this study dynamic motion of SPM floating structure is modeled under sea waves loading. Mooring lines connected to structure is modeled by using static stability equations and equivalent stiffness matrix is computed. First the SPM floating structure motion is modeled in 2 dimension (3 degree of freedom) using the boundary element method in frequency domain under regular sea waves loading and the... 

The increasing growth of marine tourism has strengthened the activities related to this industry. One of the most profitable of these activities is recreational submarines. A traction recreational submarine is an idea in this field, in order to reduce costs, the propulsion force is removed and the submarine is towed by the mother ship. The most important reason for using the traction system and removing the independent drive is to prevent vibration and noise caused by the rotation of the propeller to prevent the escape of aquatic animals and to create a beautiful view from under the sea to watch underwater wonders. Searching for safety and saving people's lives in emergency situations is an... 

Nowadays marine-tourism industry, especially under water tourism, has become very attractive. Thus, numerous under water vehicles are designed and constructed. The primary objective of the present study is to design an underwater vehicle capable of carrying ten passengers. Tow system is proposed as propulsion system. Due to the high costs, noise and vibrations of existing propulsion systems in medium size vehicles which contradicts the goal of calm atmosphere for passenger, the proposing system seems suitable and pragmatic. Two-part tow system is utilized to enhance the stability of the under water vehicle named Towfish. In this study the structure of towfish is being designed. Then,... 

As it is obvious from the name of this study, the goal of doing this study is the feasibility study of southern shores of Iran for building an artificial energy island for and designing it. In this project by studying seven points coastwise of southern Iran and defining the criterions and scoring the points, the Chabahar was determined as the best place for erecting the artificial energy island. With respect to the environmental condition of the chosen point and modeling in software ANSYS, the structure of the artificial energy island has been studied and the type, geometric shape, area, trough, and the setting of the anchoring system has determined. As a result of these efforts, a hexagon... 

In order to design a ship with waterjet system, estimation of its hydrodynamic performance is crucial. Presence and operation of waterjet propulsion system changes the flow field and pressure distribution in bottom and stem of ship hull, so affect hydrodynamic performance of craft. In the present thesis, CFD analysis is applied to free surface flow around a waterjet propelled ship using ANSYS CFX software. Also a waterjet propulsion system is built and settled in a ship model and resistance and self propulsion tests are performed. In order to performing a systematic process in project, in the first step, pump design is performed with extracting optimum efficiency relations and cavitation... 

This thesis consists of three main chapters. The first chapter is about describing principles about offshore wind turbine, principal concepts. This chapter also explains about advantages and disadvantages of installing wind turbine at offshore fields, and economical aspect of this kind of wind turbine farms. In the second chapter,anumerical method is used to investigate a SeaStar tension leg platform offshore wind turbine response behavior in parked condition. This code considers nonlinearities due to changes in tension of tethers. Wave forces are calculated adopting the Airy wave theory. Furthermore, shear turbulent wind is exerted on tower, with maximum speed 30 m/s on the hub. Since surge... 

This project deals with the global buckling in high pressure/high temperature (HP/HT) subsea pipelines. Some subsea pipelines are laid directly on the seabed. Large axial forces will generally cause an exposed pipeline to buckle sideways, or laterally, on the seabed. Pipelines may significantly expand during start-up and shutdown cycles, resulting in global buckle formation with high out-of-straightness (OOS).This global buckling behavior may be unacceptable if it is not properly managed. Global buckling mitigation can be achieved by providing controlled lateral movements of pipeline. Buckle mitigation devices are installed along the pipeline to provide buckle initiation sites, there by... 

Nowadays because of population growth and limitation of fossil fuels for power generation purpose, utilization of renewable energy sources has become highlighted. According to the geographical situation for use of wind energy, since some areas of Iran are in suitable conditions the manufacture of wind turbines and installation in wind farms has been under development recently. Monitoring the performance and operation of turbines and wind farms is an inevitable matter. Because of the suitable geographical location of Iran and pursuant to fair wind potential sites widespread this country, this phenomenon requires some backgrounds in many aspects to be achieved. One of the most important... 

Use of wind energy is always one of the aims of man during the times. He used this energy for wheat grinding and sometimes for marine transportations. During recent decades, technology development forced human to harness this energy and use that for electricity production by employing onshore wind turbines. However, the modern engineering employed different arms of engineering such as marine engineering, civil engineering, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering for designing and installation of offshore wind turbines. But, huge water depths in offshore regions make the fixed leg turbines to be unacceptable solution. So, the floating wind turbines with mooring lines which attach... 

Now a day measuring dimensions plays an important role in industries. Improving the technology of measuring the dimensions, leads to higher quality of production. It is important for industries to have a rapid and accurate dimensions in short time. In this thesis, we worked on measuring dimensions with 3D laser scanner and in the end, the results related to accuracy and speed and efficiency of the system was shown in the thesis  

Today, to reduce the effects of greenhouse gases on the earth, as well as reduce dependence on fossil fuels and other non-renewable sources, the international community is moving towards greater use of renewable energy. The oscillating water column device as a wave energy converter system has the ability to use and absorb energy within the waves through a chamber consisting an air and a water column. This system has the ability to move the turbine installed on the valve by expanding and compressing the air passing through the valve. Oscillating water column systems have different categories, and this high diversity makes the choice of this wave energy converter closely related to the... 

One of the main methods to reduce fuel consumption and emissions is using renewable energy resources. This research proposes a hybrid renewable energy system on a container ship which includes one photovoltaic solar system, and one kite system. The photovoltaic system produces a part of the ship's electric power consumption and the kite system produces propulsion force using wind energy and transmitting this force to the ship through towing rope. Different components of these renewable energy systems are connected with the internet of things technology. In the internet of things structure design section, in addition to the conceptual design of different layers with emphasis on the processing... 

Super cyclone GONU formed on June 2007 has been recognized the strongest tropical cyclone in the North Indian Ocean (NIO). The aim of this study is to numerically simulate the cyclone GONU and its resulting waves in the southern seas of Iran leading to the best parametric model to simulate future occurrence of tropical cyclones (TCs) in the NIO. In this regard, the best track data of the cyclone is extracted from Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). The cyclone GONU wind field is simulated by Young and Sobey, Holland, and Rankin models in order to determine the most appropriate model which is then considered for regenerating cyclonic wind fields over the Makran coastline and the sea of... 

One of the most significant challenges and issues that port engineers and coastal specialists face in the field of improving port performance is the design and development of hardware systems to enhance the efficiency of loading and unloading operations of ships. These systems need to be designed in a way that reduces the duration of loading and unloading operations of ships and improves the efficiency of cranes. One efficient technology in this field is the Automatic Mooring Systems, which are connected to the hull of berthed ships and use hydraulic cylinders to generate control forces. On the other hand, as evident in today's world, artificial intelligence is recognized as a vital and key... 

The leads with heavy current passing through the covering plates, and the winding in a transformer, are sources of eddy current losses. Due to this loss some regions of tank wall are subject to serious local overheating. It affects the safety and reliability of this expensive bject and power delivery.Heavy current in large power transformers and special type transformers give rise to a concentrated passage of eddy currents which in turn cause high local losses and overheating in the metallic parts especially in the steel tank walls of transformer.This local overheating is dangerous for transformer oil and the solid insulations. Therefore the calculation of losses and proper design of... 

Proliferation of distributed energy resources and the developing of smart grid concepts are of a great importance. This, however, influences the future of power systems and necessitates more studies in order to cope with the changes. In this regard, uncontrollability issues are arised by introducing the renewable energy resources in the power systems. To address this issue, energy storage systems are used to mitigate negative consequences of using renewable energy resources. Accordingly, in this thesis, a new framework for determining the capacity and location of the energy storage systems is proposed. In addition, reconfiguration of distribution network is also concerned in order to...