MOL, MOL Tech Trade, Tokai University & Akishima Laboratories have announced an agreement to start a joint study related to wind powered propulsion of vessels by application of aerospace engineering technologies. Adoption of their jointly developed ISHIN ship design, which reduces greenhouse gas emissions by using wind as propulsive force, will be implemented for optimizing the hull shape for wind-powered vessels, which adopts aerospace engineering technologies in ISHIN ship design, in collaboration with Dr. Kota Fukuda, Associate Professor at the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Tokai UniversityAdoption of ISHIN ship design on the vessel can reduce GHG emissions by about 5% on the Asia-North America route, but targets a reduction of more than 12% by introducing aerodynamic technologies accumulated in the aerospace engineering field.Dr Kota Fukuda and his group have carried out fluid dynamics research on examination of flow phenomena around rockets and aircrafts, development of high-performance solar cars and solar unmanned airplanes, and further application of their own simulation technology to the medical field. Through this joint study, they will expand their research fields to ship engineering and ocean-going vessel development.
MOL, MOL Tech Trade, Tokai University & Akishima Laboratories have announced an agreement to start a joint study related to wind powered propulsion of vessels by application of aerospace engineering technologies. Adoption of their jointly developed ISHIN ship design, which reduces greenhouse gas emissions by using wind as propulsive force, will be implemented for optimizing the hull shape for wind-powered vessels, which adopts aerospace engineering technologies in ISHIN ship design, in collaboration with Dr. Kota Fukuda, Associate Professor at the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Tokai UniversityAdoption of ISHIN ship design on the vessel can reduce GHG emissions by about 5% on the Asia-North America route, but targets a reduction of more than 12% by introducing aerodynamic technologies accumulated in the aerospace engineering field.Dr Kota Fukuda and his group have carried out fluid dynamics research on examination of flow phenomena around rockets and aircrafts, development of high-performance solar cars and solar unmanned airplanes, and further application of their own simulation technology to the medical field. Through this joint study, they will expand their research fields to ship engineering and ocean-going vessel development.
