On Friday afternoon, Hurricane Isaias strengthened as it made its way north towards Florida. These calculations are made based on currents at the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon. “It’s pretty remarkable that the experiments from our little wave basin are being published there,” says Smeltzer.The results from their research on the Kelvin angle might have real practical consequences, such as potentially helping reduce fuel consumption in ships. Errington Shurland (ret.)] Kelvin’s angle still holds true as long as there are no current layers under the surface when the water is deep.But as soon as there’s movement between layers of water, so that different layers move at different speeds, the angle changes. It cited the impact of COVID-19 on global demand, including economic factors and government restrictions on movement. Your email address is used Looking at them later, the rings looked oblong to me, and I got pretty excited. This site uses cookies to assist with navigation, analyse your use of our services, and provide content from third parties. Here the currents are strong and the boats many. The more than 100-year-old Crescent River Port Pilots Association represents the 122 pilots who guide everything from cargo ships and tankers to cruise ships on the more than 100 miles upriver to New Orleans. Then, the rings might turn into ovals.Ellingsen also predicted this, expanding Cauchy and Poisson’s theory from 1815.“After I did the first calculations, I was on a beach in the Netherlands watching the water flow back out after a wave. Boats actually create a range of wave heights, so these areas “Fuel consumption can double if the vessel is travelling downstream compared to upstream,” Ellingsen said. "Seeing the pictures appear on the computer screen was the best day at work I've ever had," says Simen Ådnøy Ellingsen, an associate professor at NTNU's Department of Energy and Process Engineering.That was the day that Ph.D. candidate Benjamin Keeler Smeltzer and master's student Eirik Æsøy had shown in the lab that Ellingsen was right and sent him the photos from the experiment. "After I did the first calculations, I was on a beach in the Netherlands watching the water flow back out after a wave.

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Looking at them later, the rings looked oblong to me, and I got pretty excited. I made some rings in the water and took some photos.

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Burdian announced Friday that she will set port condition "Zulu" - closed - at midnight August 1. You can be assured our editors closely monitor every feedback sent and will take appropriate actions. "Æsøy and I set up all the equipment to create the currents we needed," Smeltzer explains. says Ellingsen.That was how Ellingsen ended up on the cover of the Now, however, there's lab research to back up his work, thanks to the Ph.D. candidate and master's student who were able to conduct experiments in a specially developed research tank, with Ellingsen as their supervisor.Eirik Æsøy has a background as a technician, which saved time and money in building the lab. : But all of his calculations had been done on paper, and had yet to be observed empirically.Now, however, there’s lab research to back up his work, thanks to the PhD candidate and master’s student who were able to conduct experiments in a specially developed research tank, with Ellingsen as their supervisor.Eirik Æsøy has a background as a technician, which saved time and money in building the lab. Here the currents are strong and the boats many.So research on boats and ships in different currents is important for anyone interested in reducing fuel consumption and consequently, emissions.Ellingsen insists their results do not disprove Kelvin's theory, only extend it. Or not.For like so many accepted facts, this turns out to be wrong, or at least not always the case.

“Æsøy and I set up all the equipment to create the currents we needed,” Smeltzer explains.Their results have also been published in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics. You can unsubscribe at any time and we'll never share your details to third parties.

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Views That wasn’t science, of course, but now it is!” says Ellingsen.That was how Ellingsen ended up on the cover of the prestigious publication “Journal of Fluid Mechanics.