R&D of a Floating Logistics Terminal

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H02326
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Naval and maritime engineering
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Takagi Ken 東京大学, 大学院新領域創成科学研究科, 教授 (90183433)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 鈴木 英之 東京大学, 大学院工学系研究科(工学部), 教授 (00196859) ; 尾崎 雅彦 東京大学, 大学院新領域創成科学研究科, 特任教授 (30529706) ; 多部田 茂 東京大学, 大学院新領域創成科学研究科, 教授 (40262406) ; 飯島 一博 大阪大学, 工学研究科, 准教授 (50302758)
• Research Collaborator: Nishimoto Kazuo サンパウロ大学, 工学部, 教授
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 浮体構造物 / 海上物流 / 発展途上国 / 海洋開発

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Rather than building a new onshore infrastructure for tropical waters such as offshore of Brazil etc., as a new economical and environmentally friendly method, we proposed a Floating Logistics Terminal (FLT) which carries all infrastructures on the body and is completely removable when it becomes unnecessary, and implemented the necessary technology to realize it. In this concept, since the break water is not constructed, the motion of the floating bodies and the movement of the internal water surface among floating bodies are important. We tackled them both theoretically and experimentally, and obtained many useful knowledge for the design of FLT.

Free Research Field

海洋工学