Irma Yeginbayeva

My work focuses on Ship Hydrodynamics with a research interest in ‘in-service’ or more realistic hull antifouling coatings’ roughness and hydrodynamic characteristics. Antifouling coatings are primarily used to deter the fouling on ship hulls. In general, the assumption regarding the hull roughness, which is mostly represented by coating types and conditions influence the power required to drive the ship and thus its fuel consumption, operational cost, GHG emissions. The objective is to understand the complex flow phenomena over coated hull surfaces to minimize emissions. Moreover, continual development of coatings and different coating application practices require continuous updated estimates of roughness and skin friction data. Therefore, establishing reliable methods for evaluation of frictional resistance of hull coatings as well as various stages of fouling through experimental works is of utmost importance .