Specialist Hydrodynamics and Structures

BSc, MSc, PhD, CEng, MRINA

work Glasgow

kaan.ilter@brookesbell.com

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Career Summary

Curriculum Vitae

Kaan’s contributions extend to overseeing ship design calculations, collaborating on hull optimisation using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), and conducting experimental research on drag reduction coatings and hydrodynamics. His expertise includes extensive practical experience in yacht management, yacht surveying, and shipbuilding, providing a thorough understanding of both technical and operational aspects of the maritime sector. Kaan’s project leadership and deep insight into vessel performance make him a highly capable consultant, further evidenced by his recognised research, industry publications, and presentations at peer-reviewed seminars.

Background

Kaan is a highly skilled naval architect with advanced expertise in structural engineering, hydrodynamics, and vessel design. He began his career in Turkey, where he conducted detailed Finite Element Analyses (FEA) for commercial and naval vessels, addressing complex challenges such as underwater explosions, fatigue, structural strength, and vibration. In addition to his strong analytical background, Kaan brings substantial hands-on experience in yacht management, yacht surveys, and shipbuilding, delivering both technical excellence and practical insights to the maritime industry.

Academic Qualifications

• PhD - Experimental and Computational Investigation of the Effect of Dimpled Surfaces on Skin Friction Reduction
• MSc - Investigation of Flow Noise Around Two-Dimensional Bodies
• BSc – Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering

Professional Memberships

• Member, Chamber of Turkish Naval Architectures and Marine Engineers
• Member of RINA.
• Chartered Engineer

Previous Employment

• University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, Research Associate
• Kamome Propeller, Kuribayashi Steamship Co., Remote, Japan, Consultant Engineer.
• FIGES Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, Senior Structural Design & Analysis Engineer
• STM AS, Istanbul, Turkey, Ship Theory Engineer
• Utku Marine, Istanbul, Turkey, Yacht Manager
• Bias Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, Junior Engineer
• Alsan Fan, Istanbul, Turkey, R&D Engineer

Surveying and Consultancy Experience:

• Real-time ship monitoring and data analysis to measure the effects of energy-saving devices.  
• Survey and management services on behalf of yacht owners.

Finite Element Analyses:

• 3D Global Strength (Full ship modelling)
• 3D Local Strength (Local ship modelling)
• Under Water Explosion
• Global vibration analyses (with or w/o damping, wetted or dry)
• Forced vibration analyses
• Buckling analyses
• Vibroacoustic Analyses
• Equipment Shock Analyses
• Fatigue Analyses
• Muffler Acoustic Design (Acoustic analyses)
• Explicit simulations
• Topology optimisation
• Optimize designs to enhance performance, reduce costs, and meet regulatory requirements
• Composite modelling

Computational Fluid Dynamics Analyses (CFD):

• Design of Air Intake and Exhaust Systems
• Hull Form Design and Optimization
• Wake prediction and wake-adapted propeller design
• Air wake calculations
• Appendage (rudder, fin, …) design, alignment and optimisation
• Power requirement prediction
• Muffler Acoustic Design (Thermal, backpressure)
• Fluid-structure interaction
• Survivability and operability of small crafts in waves (CFD)

Naval Architecture Experience:

• Preparing vessel arrangements and detailed structural drawings for class approval
• Preparing class/authority approval documents for longitudinal strength, stability (intact & damaged), and seakeeping
• Initial design and preliminary hull form design.
• Design performance verification (model tests and CFD)
• Muffler design and manufacturing for the main and the auxiliary systems
• Development and implementation of energy-saving devices
• Voyage data analysis to validate fuel consumption reduction of energy saving systems’ claims
• Intact and damage stability calculations and salvage scenario modelling using GHS (GeneralHydroStatics) software.

Physical Experimental Studies:

• Understanding drag reduction mechanisms of dimpled structures (experimental and numerical studies)
• An investigation on a novel wave-propelled autonomous and surface vehicle (experimental and numerical studies
• Ship resistance and self-propulsion tests
• Flow visualisation tests
• Propeller open water tests
• Cavitation tests
• Motion tracking experiments in waves

Publications

• İlter, Y. K., Ünal, U. O., Shi, W., Tokgöz, S., & Atlar, M. (2024). An experimental investigation into the drag reduction performance of dimpled plates in a fully turbulent channel flow. Ocean Engineering, 307, 118198.
• Ilter, Yasin Kaan, Shi, Weichao, Wahren, Ken, Song, Yang, Xu, Yunxin, and Saishuai Dai. "A New Concept for a Wave-Propelled Autonomous Surface Vehicle: An Experimental Investigation." Paper presented at the The 33rd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, Ottawa, Canada, June 2023.
• Yasin Kaan İlter, Aras Çetinkaya & Uğur Oral Ünal (2023) Large eddy simulations of the turbulent channel flow over dimpled surfaces, Journal of Turbulence, 24:3-4, DOI: 10.1080/14685248.2023.2186415
• Marino, Alessandro, U. of S., Ilter, Y. Kaan, I. T. U., Song, Soonseok, U. of S., Shi, Weichao, U. of S., Atlar, Mehmet, U. of S. and Demirel, Yigit Kemal, U. of S. (2020). DESIGN SPECIFICATION, COMMISSION AND CALIBRATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE’S FULLY TURBULENT FLOW CHANNEL (FTFC) FACILITY. The Advanced Model Measurement Technology for the Maritime Industry (ss. 136–147). Rome.
• Hou, H., Krajewski, M., Ilter, Y. K., Day, S., Atlar, M. ve Shi, W. (2020). An experimental investigation of the impact of retrofitting an underwater stern foil on the resistance and motion. Ocean Engineering, 205, 107290. doi:10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.107290
• Ilter Y. K., Unal, O.U. “Understanding The Capability of RANS Based Turbulence Models on Fully Turbulent Channel Flow” Conference Paper, OMAE 2019, Glasgow, June 2019.
• Ilter, Y. K.. Bal, Ş. , ”Investigation of Flow Noise Around Two-Dimensional Bodies” International Symposium on Naval Architecture and Maritime, İstanbul 2014.