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Dr Milne is a research fellow within the ITRH for Offshore Floating Facilities. His main research is on wave-structure interaction, focussing on developing new methodologies and tools for roll damping of ships and side-by-side offloading of FLNGs via numerical, experimental and field data acquisition. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Auckland which focussed on metocean and unsteady hydrodynamics for tidal turbines. Prior to joining UWA he worked within industry as a mechanical engineer and an ocean engineer, encompassing R&D and early concept studies for offshore oil and gas facilities.
Roles and responsibilities
- International Marine Energy Journal Associate Editor
- International Journal of Marine Energy Editorial Board
- 20th AFMC Organising Committee and Session Chair
- 2018 Australian Ocean Renewable Energy Symposium Organising Committe
- Supervisor for Masters these projects in ship hydrodynamics and mooring systems
- Supervisor for PhD theses in unsteady hydrodynamics of pipelines, statistical prediction of metocean and ship motions, novel low-cost sensing.
Funding overview
- Maximising the impact of UWA's offshore floating structure research - enhancing WA's position as a global offshore engineering hub
Milne, I. & Zhao, W.
UWA Research Impact Grants - Fluid resonance in the gap between two side‐by‐side offshore floating structures with square bilges
Zhao, W., Draper, S., Milne, I., White, D. & Wolgamot, H.
Current projects
- ITRH for Offshore Floating Facilities
- Woodside FutureLab RiverLab - Hydrodynamics and mooring systems for FPSOs.
- CEED with Austal - Hydrodynamics and machine learning for marine craft
Research
- Hydrodynamics of FLNG carriers and FPSOs, focussing on roll damping and wave-structure interaction.
- Field data acquisition of motions of floating facilities (FPSOs, Drillships)
- Numerical modelling and machine learning of FPSO mooring line system dynamics and failure prediction.
- Computation of directional wave spectra from ship motions.
- Metocean analyses using experimental and numerical methods
- Turbulence in tidal farms and distortion effects
- Unsteady aero/hydrodynamics of wind and tidal turbines and airfoils
Community engagement
RINA Western Australian Division Committee
Education/Academic qualification
Mechanical Engineering, PhD, University of Auckland
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Projects 2016 2020
Offshore Floating Facilities Hub and RiverLab Data Interface
Draper, S., Cheng, L., Milne, I. & White, D.
Western Australian Energy Research Alliance
22/12/16 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
Research Output 2010 2018
Current practice and research directions in hydrodynamics for FLNG-side-by-side offloading
Zhao, W., Milne, I. A., Efthymiou, M., Wolgamot, H. A., Draper, S., Taylor, P. & Eatock Taylor, W. R., 2018, In : Ocean Engineering. 158, p. 99–110Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
Liquid sloshing
Hydrodynamics
Liquefied natural gas
Ships
Damping
Deriving directional wave spectra from ship motions
Milne, I. A. & Zed, M., 2018, Offshore Technology Conference Asia 2018. Richardson, Texas: Offshore Technology Conference, Vol. 2. p. 876-886Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Conference paper
ship motion
wave spectrum
swell
wave direction
industry
Distortion effects on turbulence in a tidal flow due to the mean flow field of a horizontal axis tidal turbine
Graham, J. M. R. & Milne, I. A., 2018, Proceedings of the 12th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (ETWEC2017). p. 693-1-693-6Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Conference paper
turbines
flow distribution
turbulence
rotors
acoustics
Expert elicitation of directional metocean parameters
Astfalck, L. C., Cripps, E. J., Gosling, J. P., Hodkiewicz, M. R. & Milne, I. A., 1 Aug 2018, In : Ocean Engineering. 161, p. 268-276 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Probability distributions
Transparency
Drilling
Decision making
Gases
Full-scale validation of the hydrodynamic motions of a ship derived from a numerical hindcast
Milne, I. & Zed, M., Nov 2018, In : Ocean Engineering. 168, p. 83-94Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Drilling
Ships
Hydrodynamics
Drillships
Planning