CAPABILITY STATEMENT
NAME: Dr. Tim Gourlay
PROFESSION: Hydrodynamicist
JOINED CMST: 2002
POSITION: Research Fellow
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Analytical and experimental ship hydrodynamics, naval architecture, wave mechanics
RECENT ASSIGNMENTS:
- Developing dynamic underkeel clearance software for ships
in shallow water
- Port approach channel design based on required under-keel
clearance (UKC) in swell conditions
- Ship UKC full-scale trials and data analysis
- Ship manoeuvring calculations for designing channel width
and bend radius
- Seakeeping trials on new-build ships
- Improving seakeeping of existing vessels
- Hull resistance calculations
- Analysis of model testing data
- Cavitation assessment of high-speed vessel appendages
- Development of dynamic ship stability assessment method
EDUCATION:
B.Sc. (Melbourne) 1993, B.App.Maths Hons. (Adelaide) 1994, Ph.D. (Adelaide) 2000.
EXPERIENCE RECORD:
2001 - 2002: Lecturer and Researcher, Australian Maritime College
1997 - 1999: Ph.D. in Ship Hydrodynamics, Adelaide University
1995 - 1996 and 2000: Sailing around the world
RECENT RESEARCH:
- Flow around ships in shallow water
- Wave patterns and wave resistance of high-speed vessels
- Viscous effects on ships operating at small underkeel clearances
- High-speed catamaran sinkage and trim
- Dynamic stability of ships in waves
- Motion of high-speed ships in following seas
- Bores produced by high-speed ships in channels
- Wave energy production in Australia
- Tidal energy production in Australia
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