Hydrodynamics collaboration
French university The École Centrale de Nantes (ECN) and international classification society Bureau Veritas have joined forces to create a new International Chair in research on Hydrodynamics and Marine Structures.
David Le Touzé, Professor at Centrale Nantes, will be the first holder of the new Chair. He leads a twenty-person research group at ECN hydrodynamics laboratory and is known for his numerical simulation expertise.
The aim is to improve the safety and performance of vessels of the future. The ambitious research programme also includes HydrOcean, part of the BV Group, a key provider of CFD-based (Computational Fluid Dynamics) optimisation services and Nextflow Software, a start-up dedicated to fluid dynamics software.
The new Chair will make possible technical innovations for the conception, design, performance, safety and environmental friendliness of ships and offshore structures.
“This chair is concrete evidence of the desire of Bureau Veritas to link with the innovation and research of one of the top engineering faculties to create new services which will help our clients to improve the safety and environmental friendlessness of their fleets,” says Philippe Donche-Gay, Head of the Marine and Offshore division, Bureau Veritas.
A member of Groupe des Écoles Centrale, Centrale Nantes is a leading engineering university in France. Centrale Nantes has a strong competence in numerical and experimental hydrodynamics.
By Jake Frith
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