10TH NAVAL PLATFORM TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR

TRANSFORMATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES
FOR THE
FUTURE NAVY

17th & 18th May 2005

Singapore Expo

Organised By

Republic of Singapore Navy

Co-Hosted By

Singapore Technologies Marine

Institute of High Performance Computing

Supported By

Royal Institution of Naval Architects

Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology

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THE ORGANISERS

Advisory Committee

COL Kwan Wan Hor

LTC Henry Wong

Organising Committee

Organising Chairman LTC Lau Tuck Foo

Executive Chairman Mr. Chung Kam Sam
Operations Manager MAJ Eben Tan
Technology Manager CPT Ivan Koh
Publicity Manager CPT Leonard Teo
Programme Manager CPT Sabrina Peh
Asst Programme Manager CPT Frederick Toh
Chief Registrar CPT Lionel Lee
Guest Manager CPT WinnieYong
Protocol Manager Mr. Eddie Tan
Asst Protocol Manager Ms. Sabrina Teo
Conference Manager CPT Simon Chin
Asst Conference Manager CPT Victor Lim
Chief Usher MAJ Antonie Lee
IT Manager MWO Peter Ong
Asst IT Manager 2WO Ng Thiam Chye
Logistics Manager 2WO Muthu Arumugam

Co-organising Committee

Singapore Technologies Marine Mr. Vincent Lee

Institute of High Performance Computing Dr Hung Kin Chew

Naval Logistics Department, Republic of Singapore Navy

MINDEF Building, Gombak Drive, Singapore 669638
Telephone: +65 6768 3334 Fax: +65 6768 4471
Web: www.mindef.gov.sg/navy/npts E-mail: npts@starnet.gov.sg

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THE ORGANISERS II

CONTENTS III

Day 1 Common Session

Paper SEA FIGHTER – A REVOLUTIONARY NEW PLATFORM FOR 1

1 THE US NAVY

Paper OPTIMIZED MANNING TECHNOLOGIES FOR US NAVAL 15

2 SURFACE SHIPS

Paper NETWORK CENTRIC TRANING TECHNOLOGY FOR NAVY 20

3

Paper A WHOLE NEW APPROACH IN MINE WARFARE 33

4

Paper FULLY NONLINEAR WAVE SIMULATOR: TOWARDS A 45

5 NUMERICAL WAVE TANK

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DAY 2 PARALLEL SESSION 1

FUTURE PLATFORMS & OPTIMISATION TECHNOLOGY

Paper THE GOWIND CORVETTES 54

1

Paper TODAY’S SUBMARINE PLATFORM BECOMES NEW MULTI- 71

2 TASK SUBMARINE

Paper ALL ELECTRIC SHIP – ECONOMICS VERSUS TECHNOLOGY 78

3

Paper HARVESTING SIMULATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR SEMI 90

4 AND FULLY AUTOMATED FORCES

Paper THE 21ST CENTURY CHALLENGE – SUBMARINES IN THE 103

5 NEW WORLD ORDER

Paper ANTI TERRORIST MCM – ENSURING BUSINESS AS USUAL 108

6

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DAY 2 PARALLEL SESSION 2

ADVANCED PROPULSION & COMPUTATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

Paper R & D OF A RESONATING SILENCER FOR GENERATOR 119

1 EXHAUSTS

Paper DEVELOPMENT OF SIMULATION AND RELIABILITY 129

2 DATABASE FOR MARINE HAZARD, RISK & MAINTENANCE
MANAGEMENT

Paper THE BENEFITS OF COATING PROPELLERS 141

3

Paper COMPARISON OF CFD SIMULATION OF EXHAUST SMOKE – 150

4 SUPERSTRUCTURE INTERACTION ON A SHIP WITH
EXPERIMENTAL DATA

Paper APPLICATION FOR IMPROVED RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY 173

5 AND TECHNIQUES – BENEFITS AND SHORTCOMINGS

Paper STEALTH & SIGNATURE MANAGEMENT IN SUBMARINE 187

6 PROJECTS

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DAY 2 PARALLEL SESSION 3

SHIP SAFETY & SURVIVABILITY

Paper STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF PRESSURE TIGHT BULKHEAD IN 194

1 SUBMARINE

Paper OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRANSFORMING PROCUREMENT 207

2 AND UPKEEP – A CLASSIFICATION SOCIETY VIEW

Paper CLASSIFICATION OF SUBMARINES 221

3

Paper THE APPLICATION OF THE CLASSIFICATION PROCESS TO 225

4 GOVERNMENT VESSELS

Paper SIMULATION OF DAMAGED SHIP MOTION IN IRREGULAR 235

5 WAVES

Paper A QUICK PLUG SYSTEM FOR DAMAGE CONTROL OF 244

6 RUPTURE

Paper NEW SUBMARINE PERSONNEL ESCAPE AND RESCUE 250

7 SYSTEM

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OTHER PAPERS SUBMITTED1

Paper EFFECT OF BULBOUS BOW ON MOTION OF SHIP: PHASE I 260

1

Paper ENHANCING THE OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF 269

2 SWATH-FPSR

Paper STOCHASTIC MODEL BASED OPTIMAL MAINTENANCE 286

3 FREQUENCY ANALYSIS FOR INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT
WITH DIFFERENT FAILURE PATTERNS

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These papers were not presented during the Seminar.

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