Innov'sail 2017 - Call for papers

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Innov'sail 2017 - Call for papers

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Organized by the Cité de la Voile Eric Tabarly, and the Naval Academy Research Institute, INNOV’SAIL will provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of the latest scientific and technologic research and its application in the complex field of high performance yachts and competitive sailing. INNOV’SAIL 2017 will provide an opportunity for scientists, architects, engineers, sailors, sail makers, boat and rig builders and others involved in this fascinating and challenging field to come together to share skills and know-how. An exciting social program will be announced later.

The conference venue is in the Cité de la Voile Eric Tabarly, a purpose-built marine centre and museum dedicated to the adventure of modern sailing. The Cité is in the heart of the Yacht Racing Centre in the beautiful bay of Lorient, home of many high technology yachting industries and racing teams, such as Groupama Team France (the French Challenger for the America’s Cup), IMOCA 60’ (Vendee Globe) and maxi multihulls (round the world record).

The conference will provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of the latest scientific and technological research and its application in the complex field of high performance yachts and competitive sailing. INNOV’SAIL 2017 will offer a unique opportunity to scientists, naval architects, engineers, sailors, sail makers, boat and rig builders and others involved in this fascinating and challenging field to come together to share skills and know-how. An exciting social program will be announced later.

Papers are invited on the following topics to be covered by the conference (list not restrictive) :

Aerodynamics
Design of sails, masts, rigging
Hydrodynamics
Design of hulls, appendages, foils
Structural analysis and materials
Fluid structure interaction
Computational methods and model validation
New experimental results and techniques
Towing tank, wind tunnel and full scale measurements
Performance enhancement in general
Racing tactics and strategy, micro-meteorology and sites investigation
Wind propulsion for ships

Eco-design, eco-friendly yachting, energy on board...

Abstracts of no more than 400 words and 2 pages should be sent to editor.innovsail@citevoile-tabarly.com before November 15th 2016. Full papers of accepted abstracts will be due for March 1st 2017. [Since this press release came out on 17th, I think there might be a bit of leeway - Ed]

Please contact us for more information, either at editor.innovsail@citevoile-tabarly.com or at registration.innovsail@citevoile-tabarly.com

Follow-up special issue in the high-impact journal Ocean Engineering, edited by Elsevier.

A selection of high scientific quality contributions will be offered the opportunity to submit a paper for a special issue on yacht engineering in the renowned peer-reviewed scientific journal Ocean Engineering, to be edited after the conference. The special issue edited after the previous conference INNOV’SAIL 2013 can be found under the reference Ocean Engineering, Vol. 90, 1 November 2014, ISSN 0029-8018.

See http://www.citevoile-tabarly.com/fr/innovsail
Yours sincerely
Hon Secretary
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Amateur Yacht Research Society
BCM AYRS, London WC1N 3XX, UK
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