Wind turbine efficiency investigations The global market for wind energy at wind farms onshore and offshore is advancing, and it has never before been so important to increase the effectiveness of how turbines are harvesting the wind. At Cape Horn Engineering we apply our expertise in flow analysis and simulation automation from America’s Cup sailing […]
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Land Rover BAR British Challenger in the 35th America’s Cup The America’s Cup is considered the pinnacle of yacht racing. Countries compete for the oldest trophy in international sport in yachts that represent the cutting edge of yacht design and technology. The America’s Cup match is held between only two teams, the defender and
Luxury Yacht Cape Horn Engineering has established experience in evaluating the flow path of exhaust vents at luxury private yachts. The positioning of engine room ventilation vents, main engine exhaust pipes or generator exhaust pipes has to allow the for the exhaust smoke to be directed away from deck areas where passenger may enjoy the
Volvo Ocean Race Cape Horn Engineering has been the exclusive provider of CFD and performance analysis for the winning VOR70 class boats of 3 consecutive Volvo Ocean Race editions. In partnership with renown Argentinian Juan Kouyoumdjian as lead designer we have dominated ocean racing for almost a decade. First success came with Team ABN Amro
Enfant Terrible Minoan Lines and Low Noise II are the new 2015 ORC World Champions in class A and C. Cape Horn Engineering is proud of the result, having been involved in the development of both boats. Enfant Terrible is a TP52 from 2008, the owner Alberto Rossi consulted us for CFD analysis, performance prediction
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Italia Yacht Cape Horn Engineering worked closely with Italian designer Matteo Polli on performance prediction and CFD analysis for the Italia Yacht 998 Fuoriserie. The owner’s previous boat had a keel optimised by us and was very successful, winning the ORC worlds, European and Italian championship in its category several times. The task for the new project
Cape Horn Engineering has secured a new contract with Ben Ainslie Racing and has become a Portsmouth-based Ltd. What began as a cooperation a few years ago has now culminated in a solid new partnership between Rodrigo Azcueta, the founder of CHE, and Matteo Ledri and PLUS Italy. Together they will spear-head BAR´s CFD activities
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320m Cruise Ship: Bow Optimisation Aim: Optimisation of the hull for a new operational speed profile and on the design draught. Changes in the hull were only permitted within certain boundaries at stern and bow, according to constraints given by the shipyard. This optimisation was carried out for a well-known European cruise liner shipyard under
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Weather Forecast – San Francisco Bay Cape Horn Engineering have developed a robust procedure for coupling the mesoscale WRF weather model with a high resolution CFD flow solver (Star-CCM+). The aim of the project was to develop a tool capable of predicting, with a high degree of accuracy, the wind conditions over a reduced zone
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Three In A Row! Congratulations to Groupama Sailing Team for winning the Volvo Ocean Race 2011/2012. Cape Horn Engineering adds up another success to the wins of ABN Amro and Ericsson in the previous two editions of the race. Read More on Volvo Ocean Race homepage.
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