Mr Tim Roberts, Research and Development Manager, Revolution Design, Hobart
will present
Designing a Low-Emission, High-Speed Ferry for Argentina
in the Meeting Room, QVMAG at Inveresk
2.00 pm Sunday 10th August 2014
Admission: $5 General Public, $3 Friends of the Museum, $2 Students
Free for members of The Royal Society of Tasmania
To assist us with the organization of this event
RSVP by Thursday 7th August 2014:
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Incat is a Hobart-based company providing optimal lightweight ships for ferry operators, special service providers and militaries. It specialises in catamarans, from fast and flexible vehicle-passenger ferries to high-speed military support vessels and crew ships. The catamaran “Francisco” was built in Incat’s Prince of Wales Bay shipyard in Hobart, and delivered last year to the Argentinia company Buquebus, and will operate on the River Plate, between Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Montevideo, Uruguay. It is the first high-speed Ro-Ro ferry to operate with liquefied natural gas (LNG) as one of the primary fuels, and accordingly it has one of the lowest emission levels in the word. Incat was awarded the construction contract for this ship in November 2010. The design works were carried out by Revolution Design. The vessel was launched in November 2012, with sea trials commencing in March 2013. The energy-efficient vessel was named in June 2013. Tim Roberts will talk about some of the challenges faced by Revolution Design to produce the design features of this unique vessel.
Mr Tim Roberts has been an executive Director of Revolution Design, the design arm of Incat in Hobart, since 2003 and is currently the Research and Development Manager. He first became involved with ship design as a consultant in noise and vibration, and in 1984, completed a Master’s Degree using a wind tunnel study to quantify flow forces on underwater winged appendages. He then spent four years in Asia consulting in noise and vibration, wind engineering and small boat design. Prior to his appointment with Revolution Design, Tim worked at Incat, and was responsible for research into all facets of high speed ship design and building, and the application of this research into the production of fast ferries and cargo vessels. Particular areas of research have included tank model testing, computer modelling performance prediction of catamaran hull shapes, fatigue analysis of catamaran structures, and full scale monitoring of vessel motions, stresses and sea conditions for the prediction of sea
