Ship Design and Shipping Research Group
Horizon Europe keywords:
· Advanced materials
· Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
· Batteries
· Cities and communities
· Clean and healthy air, water and soil
· Health technologies, new tools and solutions
· Hydrogen
· Raw materials
· Renewable energy
· Smart and sustainable transport and mobility
Faculty of Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering Department of Aeronautics and Naval Architecture
Introduction of the Research Group
The focus of the Ship Design Research Group is mainly on developments of inland vessels, both commercial and pleasure. We deal with vessels' hydrodynamical and structural enhancement, system optimization and integration, make and analyze onboard measurement data, operational profile. We have a very good relationship with the Hungarian shipping and ship-building industry, and have been involved in many different shipping and ship-building related local and international EU supported projects, resulting in fruitful relationships with not only western but eastern European institutes as well. In the last few years we also turned our attention to electric and other alternative drive train solutions and autonomous vessels (especially but not only USV and AUV) dealing with motion dynamics description of vehicles, development and testing.
Achievements
'- hull optimization using CFD for Hungarian ship owners;- hybrid ship propulsion feasibility study for Hungarian ship owners;
- participation in the rescue and analysis of the biggest ship catastrophe of the last decades on the Danube ("Mermaid");
- successful participation in EU supported projects;
- expertise in domestic projects dealing with the development of pontoons made of concrete for public promenade on the Danube;
- development of ship-borne waste management system for Central and Eastern European countries;
- design and development of several sailing yachts and electric pleasure boats;
Publications
1. Roland, Zalacko; Máté, Zöldy ; Győző, Simongáti
COMPARISON OF ALTERNATIVE PROPULSION SYSTEMS - A CASE STUDY OF A PASSENGER SHIP USED IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT
BRODOGRADNJA 72 : 2 pp. 1-18. , 18 p. (2021)
2. Simongáti, G. ; Hargitai, CL ; Zalackó, R.
Operational profile of inland public transport vessels
In: Zobory, I. (ed.) 16th Mini Conference on Vehicle System Dynamics, Identification and Anomalies, VSDIA 2018
Budapest, Hungary : Budapest University of Technology and Economics (2019) pp. 381-392. , 12 p.
3. Hargitai, Csaba ; Schweighofer, Juha ; Simongáti, Győző
Simulator Demonstrations of Different Retrofit Options of a Self-propelled Inland Vessel
PERIODICA POLYTECHNICA TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING 47 : 2 pp. 111-117. , 7 p.m. (2019)
4. Hargitai, C; Schweighofer, J ; Simongáti, G
Environmental impact of some retrofit options applied to an inland vessel
PERIODICA POLYTECHNICA TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING 46 : 2 pp. 69-77. , 9 p.m. (2018)
5. H, Berger; I, Croatian Ph D ; Gy, Simongáti Ph.D
Ship waste management along the Danube: The way towards an International Danube Ship Waste Convention
In: anon (ed.) The proceedings Waste Management 2014 : Waste Management and the Environment VII
Southampton, United Kingdom / England : Wessex Institute of Technology (2014) Paper: Berger et al , 13 p.
Journals
BRODOGRADNJA, PERIODICA POLYTECHNICA TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING, TRANSPORTATION SCIENCE REVIEW, Proceedings of Hydrodynamics and simulation applied to Inland Waterways and Port Approaches Conference, EIWN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, Transport Science Conference PROCEEDINGS, Innovation and sustainable surface transport IFFK PROCEEDINGS, SMART RiversInfrastructure
computer lab,ship design software packages,
CFD software and necessary hardware,
small towing tank and associated lab,
operational profile measurement tool
Projects
GINOP-2.1.1-15-2015-00421, Modular floating pontoon technology research and development, 2015-2018, Hungarian State
Feasibility analysis of M3 metro car air conditioning system, 2020-2021, BKV
GRENDEL, Green and efficient Danube Fleet, 2018-2020, Interreg
MoVeIT, Modernization of Vessels for Inland waterway freight Transport, 2011-2014, FP7, EU
HINT – Harmonized Inland Navigation Transport through education and information technology, 2012-2014, SEE
CO-WANDA – Convention for Waste Management for Inland Navigation on the Danube, 2012-2014, SEE
NELI – Cooperation network for logistics and nautical education focusing on Inland Waterway Transport in the Danube corridor supported by innovative solutions, 2009-2012, SEE 2007 – 2013
Industry relations
BAHART Zrt,MAHART Passnave, Fluvius Ltd.,
Theassociation of Hungarian Danube Ports,
GANZ DANUBIUS HUTI Kft.
GANZ DANUBIUS Vitla Kft.,
WIA Boats Kft.,
Schäfer Yacht Kft.
Bridge Builder Special
Conferences
Transportation Science Conference, Győr, in every year
EIWN, European Inland Waterway Conference, 1999-2014
VSDIA, Vehicle System Dynamics, Identification and Anomalies Conference, Budapest, every second year
Other activities
Hungarian Chamber of Engineers
Association for Transport Sciences