Group of Marine Structures > 3.5 Geometric Modelling of Ship Structures > Publications

Articles in Journals
 • Rodrigues, C., Lima,F.S., Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (1995), “The CADESNAV/-PC System for support to Ships’ Design and Production”, Shipbuilding in the Past and Present, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in Portugal" (in Portuguese), Shipbuilding in the Past and Present, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in Portugal (in Portuguese), Vol. X, Guedes Soares, C. (Ed.), Lisbon, pp. 10.1-10.13

 • Ventura, M., Rodrigues, C. and Guedes Soares, C. (1996), “Development of a System for Computer-Aided Design of Ship Hulls” (In Portuguese), Ingenieria Naval, Issue 732, pp.52-60

 • Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2001), “Application of NURBS curves and surfaces to hull form modelling” (In Portuguese), Ingenium, Vol. 28, Issue 2, pp. 73-79

 • Vitória, J. and Guedes Soares, C. (2005), “A Method for Automatic Nesting of Ship Plates”, Journal of Ship Production, Vol. 21, Issue 1, pp. 14-27

 • Rodrigues Branco, J.N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2005), “Mapping of Shell Plates of Double Curvature into Plane Surfaces”, Journal of Ship Production, Vol. 21, Issue 4, pp. 248-257

 • Oliveira, A., Fonseca, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2006) , “Design of a Modern Purse Seiner Fishing Vessel for the Portuguese Costal Sea”, International Journal of Small Craft Technology (RINA Transactions), Vol. 148, Part B1, pp. 11-24

 • Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2007), “Application of STEP Technology to Ship Repair Data Management”, Journal of Ship Production, Vol. 23, Issue 4, pp. 231-237

 • Varela, J.M., Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2011), “Product Data Model of Hull Structures and Digital Prototyping System for Basic Structural Design”, Ships and Offshore Structures, Vol. 6, Issue 1-2, pp. 3-14

 • Datta, R. and Guedes Soares, C. (2012), "NURBS based scheme for automatic quadrilateral mesh generation for FE and BEM analysis", Marine Systems & Ocean Technology, Vol. 7(1), pp. 29-35

 • Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2012), “Surface Intersection in Geometric Modeling of Ships’ Hulls”, Journal of Marine science and Technology, Vol. 17, pp. 114-124

 • Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2013), “Modelling Stiffeners of Ship Hull Structures”, Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment, Vol. 227, Issue 2, pp. 155-166

 • Varela, J.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2015), “Software Architecture of an Interface for three-dimensional Collision Handling in Maritime Virtual Environments”, Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, 2015, Vol. 9(8), pp. 735-749

 • Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2016), “Modelling stiffened plate panels in computer aided ship design”, Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment, Vol. 230(1), pp. 55-66

 • Varela, J.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2017), “Geometry and visual realism of ship models for digital ship bridge simulators”, Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment, 2017, Vol. 231(1), pp. 329-341

 • Jafaryeganeh, H., Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2019) , “Multi-objective optimization of internal compartment layout of oil tankers”, Journal of Ship Production and Design, Vol. 35(4), pp. 374-385.

 • Jafaryeganeh, H., Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2020), “Robust-based optimization of the hull internal layout of oil tanker”, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 216, pp. 107846 (14 pages)

 • Jafaryeganeh, H., Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2020), “Effect of normalization techniques in multi-criteria decision making methods for the design of ship internal layout from a Pareto optimal set”, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vo. 62, pp. 1849-1863

 • Jafaryeganeh, H., Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2020), “Robust-based optimization of the hull internal layout of oil tanker”, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 216, 107846 (14 pages)

 • Jafaryeganeh, H., Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2020), “Application of multi-criteria decision making methods for selection of ship internal layout design from a Pareto optimal set”, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 202, pp. 107151-1 - 107151-14

 • Jafaryeganeh, H. and Guedes Soares, C. (2020), “A technique of panels cutting for modification of hull geometry hydrodynamic models”, International Journal of Maritime Engineering, Vol. 162(Part A2), pp. A219-A230

 • Garbatov, Y., Palomba, G. and Crupi, V. (2023), Risk-Based Hybrid Light-Weight Ship Structural Design Accounting for Carbon Footprint, Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, 3583

 • Yalamov, D., Georgiev, P. and Garbatov, Y. (2023), Economic Feasibility of Retrofitting an Ageing Ship to Improve the Environmental Footprint, Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, 1199

 • Yalamov, D., Georgiev, P. and Garbatov, Y. (2023), Retrofitting measure of an ageing multi-purpose ship exposed to short-sea LNG operation, Annual Journal of the Technical University of Varna, Vol. 7(1), pp. 68-87



Articles in Books
 • Ventura, M., Rodrigues, C. and Guedes Soares, C. (1995), “Development of a System for Computer-Aided Design of Ship Hulls” (In Portuguese), Marine Technology and Transportation, Graczyk, T., Jastrzebski, I., Brebbia, C. A. and Burns, R. (Eds.), Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, pp. 287-294

 • Torrado, T., Coelho, J.J., Pilar, A.P., Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (1995), “Ships’ Structure System Representation” (In Portuguese), Shipbuilding in the Past and Present, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in Portugal (in Portuguese), Vol. X, Guedes Soares, C. (Ed.), Lisbon, pp. 12.1-12.22

 • Ventura, M., Gordo, J.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (1995), “Computer-Aided Ship Structural Design” (In Portuguese), Shipbuilding in the Past and Present, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in Portugal (in Portuguese), Vol X, Guedes Soares, C. (Ed.), Lisbon, pp. 13.1-13.14

 • Blot, J.Y., Ruiz, P., Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (1995), “Application of Automatic Methods to the Study of Ancient Hulls” (In Portuguese), Shipbuilding in the Past and Present, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in Portugal (in Portuguese), Vol. X, Guedes Soares, C. (Ed.), Lisbon, pp. 5.1-5.36

 • Rodrigues, C., Lima, F.S., Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (1995), “The CADESNAV/-PC System for support to Ships’ Design and Production” (In Portuguese), Shipbuilding in the Past and Present, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in Portugal (in Portuguese), Vol. X, Guedes Soares, C. (Ed.), Lisbon, pp. 10.1-10.13

 • Vitória, J., Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (1995) , “Ships’ Shape System Representation” (In Portuguese), Shipbuilding in the Past and Present, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in Portugal (in Portuguese), Vol. X, Guedes Soares, C. (Ed.), Lisbon, pp. 11.1-11.12

 • Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (1998), “Hull Form Modelling using NURBS Curves and Surfaces”, Practical Design of Ships and Mobile Units, Oosterveld, 1998, M.W.C. and Tan, S.G. (Eds.), Elsevier Science, The Hague, pp. 289-296

 • Ventura, M., Victoria, J. and Guedes Soares, C. (1999), “Ship Hull Product Model”, Application of Information Technologies to the Maritime Industries, Guedes Soares, C. and Brodda, J. (Eds.), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 147-162

 • Cacho, A.J. and Guedes Soares, C. (2000), “A Plate Development Method Based in Geodesics” (In Portuguese), The Sea and the Challenges of the Future, Guedes Soares, C. e Beirão Reis, J. (Eds.), Edições Salamandra, Lda, Lisbon, pp. 411-430

 • Ventura, M., Victória, J. and Guedes Soares, C. (2000) , “Integration of STEP Technology in a Ship Product Data Modelling System” (In Portuguese), The Sea and the Challenges of the Future, Guedes Soares, C. e Beirão Reis, J. (Eds.), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 387-409

 • Vitória, J., Bernardo, J. and Guedes Soares, C. (2000), “System of Plates Nesting for the Maritime Industry” (In Portuguese), The Sea and the Challenges of the Future, Guedes Soares, C. e Beirão Reis, J. (Eds.), Edições Salamandra, Lda, Lisbon, pp. 431-448

 • Varela, J.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2002), “Virtual Visualization and Propagation Control of Ship Fluids” (In Portuguese), The sea, source of sustainable development, Guedes Soares, C., J. Beirão Reis and M. B. Martins Guerreiro (Eds.), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp.477-490

 • Ferraris, S., Fonseca, N., Hayman, B., Hughes, O., Thiberge, E., Toyama, Y., Vredeveldt, A. and Yang, P. (2003), “Structural Design of High Speed Vehicles”, Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC 2003), 11-15 Agosto, San Diego, USA, Vol. 2, Committee V.4, pp. 109-147

 • Pradillon, J.-Y., Beach, J., Bohlmann, B., Boote, D., Hage, A., Janssen, G., Kada, K., Lee, S.-G., Li, X., Ventura, M., Wu, C.-C. and Zanic, V. (2003), “Design Methods”, Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC 2003), Elsevier, 11-15 August, San Diego – USA, Vol. 1, Committee IV.2, pp. 447-509

 • Varela, J.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Virtual ship support model to avoid ship failure” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda, Lisbon, pp. 713-725, Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, Portugal, pp. 713-725

 • Varela, J.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Virtual ship support model to avoid ship failure” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering, (in Portuguese), Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda, Lisbon, pp. 713-725

 • Varela, J.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2005), “Survey of Techniques for Real-Time Visualization of the Ocean Surface”, Maritime Transportation and Exploitation of Ocean and Coastal Resources, Guedes Soares, C., Garbatov, Y. e Fonseca, N. (Eds.), Francis & Taylor Group, London, UK, Vol. 2, pp. 1167-1174

 • Varela, J.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2006), “Real time visualization of the sea surface by using directional wave spectra” (In Portuguese), Innovation and Development in the Maritime Activities, Guedes Soares, C. and Brito, V.G. (Eds.), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. XIV, pp. 703-716

 • Hage, A., Boote, D., Bronsart, R., Chen, Q., Kada, K., Karr, D., McVee, J.D., Ulfvarson, A., Ventura, M., Wu, C-C., Yang, V. and Zhang, S.-K. (2006), “Design Methods”, Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC 2006), Frize, P.A. And Shenoi, R.A. (Eds.), 20-25 August, Southampton, UK, Vol. 1, Committee IV.2, pp. 609-686

 • Varela, J.M., and Ventura, M. (2008), “Generation of triangular mesh representing ship hulls with NURBS surfaces” (In Portuguese), The Portuguese Maritime Sector, Guedes Soares, C. and Costa Monteiro, C. (Eds.), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon

 • Varela, J.M., Ventura, M., and Guedes Soares, C. (2009), “Digital prototyping of hull structures in basic design” (In Portuguese), Analysis and Design of Marine Structures, Guedes Soares, C. and Das, P. K. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, U.K., pp. 457-465

 • Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2011), “Geometric Modelling and Product Data Management in Ship Design”, Marine Technology and Engineering, C. Guedes Soares, Y. Garbatov, N. Fonseca, A.P. Teixeira (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 1019-1044

 • Varela, J. M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2015), “Geometric modelling of ships for real-time 3D ship simulators”, Maritime Technology and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T.A. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 341-352

 • Colette, M., Bronsart, R., Chen, Y., Erikstad, S.O., Georgiev, P., Giuglea, V., Jeong, H.K., Lazakis, I., Moro, L., Sekulski, Z., Sicchiero, M., Toyoda, M., Ventura, M. and Zanic, V. (2015), “Design Methods”, 19th International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC 2015), Methods”, C. Guedes Soares & Y. Garbatov, (Eds.), Elsevier, pp. 459-518

 • Jafaryeganeh, H., Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2016), “Parametric modelling for adaptive internal compartment design of container ships”, Maritime Technology and Engineering 3, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T. A., (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 655-661

 • Soares de Melo, D. e Garbatov, Y. (2016), “Yacht mast and rigging system software for design and analysis”, Maritime Technology and Engineering 3, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T. A., (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 683-691

 • Uzunoglu, E. and Guedes Soares, C. (2016), “A numerical model for compartment assessment of offshore structures with cylindrical hulls”, Maritime Technology and Engineering 3, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T. A., (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 693-700

 • Jafaryeganeh, H., Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2018), “Parametric modelling of tanker internal compartment layout for survivability improvement within the framework of regulations”, Maritime Transportation and Harvesting of Sea Resources, Guedes Soares, C. & Teixeira A.P. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 23-30

 • Lazakis, I., Bronsart, R., Caparace, J-D., Chen, Y., Georgiev, P., Ilnitskiy, I., Moro, L., Prebeg, P., Mendonça Santos, J., Sekulski, Z., Sicchiero, M., Sielski, R., Tang, W., Toyoda, M. and Varela, J. (2018), “Committee IV.2 - Design Methods”, 20th International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC 2018), Kaminski, M. & Rigo P. (Eds.), IOS Press Ebooks, pp. Vol 1 - 609-708 and Vol 3 - 131-158

 • Lazakis, I., Bronsart, R., Caparace, J-D., Chen, Y., Georgiev, P., Ilnitskiy, I., Moro, L., Prebeg, P., Mendonça Santos, J., Sekulski, Z., Sicchiero, M., Sielski, R., Tang, W., Toyoda, M. and Varela, J. (2018), “Committee IV.2 - Design Methods”, 20th International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC 2018), Kaminski, M. & Rigo P. (Eds.), IOS Press Ebooks, pp. Vol 1 - 609-708 and Vol 3 - 131-158

 • Truelock, D., Czaban, Z., Luo, H., Wang, X., Holtmann, M., Begovic, E., Yasuda, A., Ventura, M., Nicholls-Ee, R., Oterkus, E. and Sensharma, P. (2018), “Committee V.5 - Special Craft”, 20th International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC 2018), Kaminski, M. & Rigo P. (Eds.), IOS Press Ebooks, pp. Vol 2 - 279-345 and Vol 3 - 231-245

 • Truelock, D., Czaban, Z., Luo, H., Wang, X., Holtmann, M., Begovic, E., Yasuda, A., Ventura, M., Nicholls-Ee, R., Oterkus, E. and Sensharma, P. (2018), “Committee V.5 - Special Craft”, 20th International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC 2018), Kaminski, M. & Rigo P. (Eds.), IOS Press Ebooks, pp. Vol 2 - 279-345 and Vol 3 - 231-245

 • Sisci, F. and Ventura, M. (2018), “Tool for initial hull structure dimensioning at ship concept”, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T.A., (Eds.), Progress in Maritime Technology and Engineering, Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 309-316

 • Tadros, M., Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2021), “A review of the use of Biodiesel as a green fuel for diesel engines”, Developments in Maritime Technology and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T.A., (Eds.), Taylor and Francis, London, UK, Vol 2, pp. 481-490.

 • Tadros, M., Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2021), “Sensitivity analysis of the steam Rankine cycle in marine applications”, Developments in Maritime Technology and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T.A., (Eds.), Taylor and Francis, London, UK, Vol 2, pp. 491-500.

 • Jafaryeganeh, H., Guedes Soares, C. and Siow, C. L. (2021), “A damage prediction model of oil tankers for design applications based on the regulations”, Developments in Maritime Technology and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T.A., (Eds.), Taylor and Francis, London, UK, Vol 1, pp. 305-314.

 • Legaz, M.J. and Guedes Soares, C., “Remarks about trends in Fast Ferry design”, Developments in Maritime Technology and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T.A., (Eds.), Taylor and Francis, London, UK, Vol 1, pp. 323-328.

 • Machado, R., Gordo, J.M. and Ventura, M. (2022), “Geometrical characterization of ship structural design”, Trends in Maritime Technology and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T.A. (Eds.), Taylor and Francis, London, UK, Vol. 1, pp. 167-178.

 • Pinto da Costa, R. and Ventura, M. (2024), Conceptual design of a drone carrier, Advances in Maritime Technology and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T.A. (Eds.), Taylor and Francis, London, UK, pp. 31-42.



Articles in Conferences
 • Ventura, M., Cacho, A., Torrado, T. and Guedes Soares, C. (1995), ), “Computer-Aided Generation of Ship Hull Structures on Small Computers”, Proceedings of the International Symposium Computer-Aided Design & Production for Small Craft, Southampton, September, Vol. 12, pp. 1-8

 • Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (1998), “Hull Form Modelling Using NURBS Curves and Surfaces” (In Portuguese), Ship Design, Shipbuilding and Ship Maintenance, David e Silva, F. and Rodrigues Mateus, A. (Eds.), Lisbon, pp. 14.1-14.15

 • Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (1998), “Hull Form Modelling Using NURBS Curves and Surfaces” (In Portuguese), Ship Design, Shipbuilding and Ship Maintenance (in Portuguese), David e Silva, F. and Rodrigues Mateus, A. (Eds.), Lisbon, pp. 14.1-14.1

 • Ventura, M., Vitória, J. and Guedes Soares, C., (2000), “Implementation of STEP Translators Using the Ship Hull Product Model”, Proceedings of the 1st International EuroConference on Computer Applications and Information Technology in the Maritime Industries (COMPIT’00), Potsdam, 29 March-2 April, pp. 463-476

 • Wieland, P., Odendahl, C., Weitzenböck, E., Jaramillo, D., Makris, S., Cacho, A. and Guedes Soares, C. (2000), “Process and Data Modelling for a Maritime Virtual Enterprise”, Proceedings of the 1st International EuroConference on Computer Applications and Information Technology in the Maritime Industries (COMPIT’00), Potsdam, 29 March-2 April, pp. 323-336

 • Sun, H.-H. and Guedes Soares, C. (2001), “Reliability-Based Structural Design of Ship-Type FPSO Units”, Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE’01), 3-8 June, 2001, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ASME, New York, Paper OMAE2001-S&R-2177

 • Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2002), “Exchange and Sharing of Ship Product Data”, Proceedings of the WEGEMT, 11-15 November, Madrid, Spain

 • Monev, V., Santos, T.A., Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2002), “Automatic Generation of the Geometric Definitions of Ship Subdivision for Damage Stability Optimisation”, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Marine Science and Technology (Black Sea´02), 10-12 October, Varna, Bulgaria

 • Varela, J.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2002), “An Object Oriented Architecture of a Fluid Dissemination Virtual Environment in a Ship”, Proceedings of the SIM OUEST 2002, 28-29 November, Nantes, France

 • Varela, J., Santos, T.A. and Guedes Soares, C. (2003), “Simulation of Fluid Dissemination in a Virtual Reality Environment Onboard the Ship”, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Applications and Information Technology in the Maritime Industries (COMPIT'03), 14-17 May, Hamburg, Germany, pp. 432-443

 • Varela, J.M., Santos, T.A. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Visualization and Control of Ship Flooding Simulation in Virtual Environment” (In Portuguese), Proceedings of the Congresso de Métodos Computacionais em Engenharia (CMCE´04), 31 May-2 June, Lisbon, Portugal

 • Oliveira, A., Fonseca, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2005) , “Design of a Modern Purse Seiner Fishing Vessel for the Portuguese Costal Sea”, Proceedings of the RINA Conference on Fishing Vessels, Fishing Technology and Fisheries, 13-14 April, Newcastle, U.K

 • Cabos, C., Jaramillo, D., Stadie-Frohbös, G., Renard, P., Ventura, M. and Dumas, B. (2008), “Condition Assessment Scheme”, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Applications and Information Technology in the Maritime Industries (Compit´08), 21-23 April, Bedford Hotel, Liege, Belgium

 • Varela, J.M., Ventura, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2008), “Fast Ship Structures Modelling System for Hull Maintenance Support”, Proceedings of the Ship Repair Technology (SRT´08), 1-2. September, Newcastle – UK

 • Karr, D., Rennan, D., Bronsart, R., Hambers, J., Chen, C.P., Chirica, I., McGregor, J., Oneto, F., Rigo, P., Takaoka, Y., Ventura, M. and Yum, J.S. (2009), “Committee IV.2 - Design Methods”, Proceedings of the 17th International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC), 16-21 August, 2009, Jang, C. D. and Hong, S. Y. (Eds.), Seoul National University, Vol. 1, pp. 689-756

 • Datta, R. and Guedes Soares, C. (2010), “NURBS Based Scheme for Automatic Quadrilateral Mesh Generation for FE and BIEM Analysis”, Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Practical Design of Ships and Other Floating Structures (PRADS 2010), 19-24 September, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pp. 815-822



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