Thomas Scholcz
researcher
Research & Development
Simulations & Datascience
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Introduction
Experienced researcher with a demonstrated history of working in the research industry and academia. Strong professional skilled in data science uncertainty quantification numerical simulation and multidisciplinary design optimisation.My goal is to make ships cleaner smarter and safer aiming for blue oceans and a healthier environment.
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Publications
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A Scoping Review on Simulation-Based Design Optimization in Marine Engineering: Trends, Best Practices, and Gaps
1 mei 2024
This scoping review assesses the current use of simulation-based design optimization (SBDO) in marine engineering, focusing on identifying research ...
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Shape Optimization of a Naval Destroyer by Multi-Fidelity Methods
26 jun. 2023
The paper presents and discusses the shape optimization of a destroyer-type vessel by means of several multi-fidelity approaches. The hull-form ...
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Prediction of short-term non-linear response using screening combined with multi-fidelity gaussian process regression
11 jun. 2023
Predicting wave impact design loads is crucial for ensuring safety and performance of maritime structures, but it is challenging due to the ...
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Hull-Shape Optimisation Using Adaptive Multi-Fidelity Kriging
26 sep. 2022
The paper presents and discusses the development and assessment of an active learning multi-fidelity Kriging method for military vehicle design ...
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Resistance and Seakeeping Optimization of a Naval Destroyer by Multi-Fidelity Methods
26 sep. 2022
The paper presents and discusses the so-called L3 sea benchmark problems used to develop and assess multi-fidelity optimization methods for military ...
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Consistency assesment of wave directional spectrum predictions from machine learning based ship-as-a-wave-buoy methods
5 jun. 2022
Real-time knowledge of the ocean wave directional spectrum is valuable for maritime safety and navigation. When end-to-end machine learning is used ...
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Ship As a Wave Buoy - Estimating Full Direction Wave Spectra From In-service Ship Motion Measurements Using Deep Learning
1 aug. 2020
The ocean wave directional spectrum is an important wave characteristic for maritime safety and navigation. Accurate estimation of directional ...
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Surrogate-Based Multi-Objective Optimisation for Powering and Seakeeping
22 sep. 2019
Optimal operation during a ship’s life cycle requires a balance of economy and operability. For most vessel types, economy is related to fuel ...
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Experimental investigation of the hydro-elastic behaviour of flexible composite propellers in non-uniform flow at model and full scale
26 mei 2019
In this paper, new developments in the measurement technology of the hydro-elastic response of flexible composite propellers are described. The ...
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Data driven uncertainty quantification for computational fluid dynamics based ship design
13 mei 2019
Maritime transport is responsible for an annual emission of around 1000 million tonnes of CO2, which is around 2.5% of the global greenhouse gas ...
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An assessment of multifidelity procedures for ship hull form optimisation
13 mei 2019
Progress in the assessment of multifidelity techniques for ship hull form optimisation at MARIN is described. Surrogate-based optimisation is used, ...
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Wave Resistance Minimisation In Practical Ship Design
15 mei 2017
A practical and efficient system is described for ship hull form optimisation and its application for minimising wave resistance.
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Multi-Objective Surrogate Based Hull-Form Optimization Using High-Fidelity RANS Computations
15 mei 2017
RANS-based optimization procedures for ship design become increasingly complex and require the development of more efficient optimization ...
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Ship optimization using viscous flow computations in combination with generic shape variations and Design of Experiments
4 sep. 2016
Today, optimization procedures based on CFD-computations are used more and more in practical ship design projects. Potential-flow solvers are used ...
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Trim wedge optimization with viscous free surface computations
4 sep. 2016
A procedure for automatic optimization of a ship hull and trim wedge is described, that is based on an evaluation of a series of hull form/trim ...
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Multi-objective Hull-form Optimization Using Kriging on Noisy Computer Experiments
17 jun. 2015
Meta-modelling is a key technique for efficient multi-objective optimization in ship design projects using CFD. However, objective functions ...
