This page will contain a list of important background documents and documents prepared as part of the project.

Background documents:

• ITTC (2011): The Manoeuvring Committee – Final report and recommendations to the 26^th ITTC. 26^th ITTC, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 28 August – 3 September, 2011
• ITTC (2008): Testing and Extrapolation Methods Manoeuvrability – Free Running Model Tests, ITTC – Recommended Procedures and Guidelines 7.5 – 02 06 01, 2008
• ITTC (2005) Testing and Extrapolation Methods Manoeuvrability – Captive Model Test Procedures, ITTC – Recommended Procedures and Guidelines 7.5 – 02 06 02, 2005
• Frederic Stern and Kristian Agdrup (editors): SIMMAN 2008 Preprints of Workshop proceedings, Force Technology and Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research. Copenhagen, Denmark, 2008

Project specific documents:

• Ø. Selvik, T. E. Berg and S. Gavrilin: Sea trials for validation of shiphandling simulation models – a case study
• International Maritime and Port Technology and Development Conference, MTEC 2014, Trondheim, 27-29 October 2014.

Several papers were presented at the OMAE 2015 conference in St. Johns (Newfoundland) 30 May – 6 June 2015.

The following papers with reference to the SIMVAL project were presented in:

Symposia: Ocean Engineering (SYMP6)

Topic: Advanced Ship Hydromechanics and Marine Technology (TOPIC 6-1)

Session: Marine Simulation Models and Their Validation Techniques (SESSION 6-1-1)

• Vahid Hassani, Ørjan Selvik, Andrew Ross, Dariusz Fathi, Florian Sprenger, Tor Einar Berg; Time Domain Simulation Model for Research Vessel Gunnerus OMAE2015-41786,
• Sergey Gavrilin, Sverre Steen; Uncertainty of Sea Trials Results Used for Validation of Ship Manoeuvring Simulation Models OMAE2015-41887
• Katrien Eloot, Guillaume Delefortrie, Marc Vantorre, Frans Quadvlieg; Validation of ship manoeuvring in shallow water through free-running tests OMAE2015-41912
• Felipe R. Masetti, Pedro C. de Mello, Eduardo A. Tannuri; Validation of a Modular Mathematical Model for Low-Speed Maneuvering using Small Scale Tests with an Oceanographic Research Vessel OMAE2015-42225

Session: Marine Simulation Models and Their Validation Techniques (SESSION 6-1-4)

• Andrew Ross, Vahid Hassani, Ørjan Selvik, Edvard Ringen, Dariusz Fathi; Identification of Nonlinear Manoeuvring Models for Marine Vessels using Planar Motion Mechanism Tests OMAE2015-41789

Dynamic Positioning Conference, October 13-14, 2015

• Øyvind Smogeli, Dong Trong Nguyen, Kristoffer Eida and Luca Pivano.; DynCap – Full scale validation of a vessel's station-keeping capability analysis