[Abstract] Abstract With the ultimate goal of developing models that involve the use of environmental variables, a GIS-based application is being developed that is circumscribed to the region of Galicia (Spain). Ten-minute ...

[Abstract] Shipmasters must make several quick decisions with respect to the ship’s speed and heading when new sea conditions approach. The implications for ship stability and risky situations are known but there are no ...

[Abstract] This paper studies one of the technical problems that occur in the process of moving from ”waves toelectricity” in floating wave buoys converters located near the coast: to maximize the product force bydisplacement. ...

[Resumen]Entre las principales técnicas utilizadas en la actualidad en los buques, como protección de materiales metálicos inmersos frente a la corrosión, destacan mayoritariamente los ánodos de sacrificio. Pero este ...

[Abstract] The decarbonisation of the maritime sector is one of the world's priorities to reduce the volume of polluting emissions. The basis of this decarbonisation is the adaptation of existing ships to emission control ...

[Abstract] Background: Galicia, in northwest Spain, experiences warm summers and winters. However, the higher relative humidity that prevails the whole year through and the location of the summer hot points are related ...

[Abstract] This paper presents the results of an experimental study that was conducted in 15 office buildings in the humid and cold tropics during the working hours of the dry and rainy seasons in Cameroon. This was with ...

[Abstract] Objective: This paper aims to show a practical case study of safety assessment concerning possible injuries and fire occurring in the engine room on-board a merchant ship, due to fatigue. Methods: The methodology ...

[Abstract] In high temperature reactors including gas cooled fast reactors and gas turbine modular helium reactors (GT-MHR) specifically designed to operate as power plant heat sources, efficiency enhancement at effective ...

[Abstract] Several publications point to the human error like the fundamental cause of the practical whole of the accidents. Inside these accidents, the fatigue has been identified like a recurrent cause, already was as ...