David Hurdle

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David Hurdle

marine scientist | ship hydrodynamics | stability and mooring expert

Qualifications and education

• B Sc Honours in Mathematics, University of Bristol
• M Sc Fluid Mechanics, University of Bristol.

Summary of expert experience and knowledge

• Wave modelling for sea and harbour conditions. Design criteria and simulation
• Ship-wave interaction, roll resonance studies container vessels and car carriers
• Mooring incidents
• Extreme wave analyses (Hs and Hmax) from storm and hurricane systems
• Port studies and climate studies.

Casualty / expert witness experience

David provided forensic analyst / expert witness services in high-profile mooring incidents, ship stability issues and container stow collapses, such as:

• Ultra large container vessel    Major container loss incident, North Sea. Wave modelling and shallow water effect study as part of project study to determine roll resonance phenomena
• CMA CGM G. Washington    Container loss incident North Pacific. Project study for U.S. litigation firm to provide detailed wave modelling and wave energy calculation to explain roll resonance phenomena at relatively low wave heights
• Hyundai Kingdom    Container loss incident North Pacific. Case study for London and Japanese law firm in preparation of litigation in Japan, wave modelling for complex hydrodynamic study to explain extreme roll motions
• Wybelsum    Container loss incident, Egypt. Case study for London-based law firm in preparation of London arbitration. Wave modelling and data study for extreme roll motions for container ship at anchor
• Baltic Leopard, Port Harcourt    Investigation of moored bulk carrier that broke free of its moorings at a jetty in Port Harcourt as another ship was passing. Counter expertise on the passing ship forces particularly accounting for the section of the river at the berth
• Cosco Nagoya    Container damage incident: Bay of Biscay. Establish and validate wave height and period at the time of the incident. Determine whether Parametric Roll could have occurred according to IMO criteria
• Brazil    Forensic investigation of moored bulker breaking free of its moorings at a jetty in a port with some wave exposure. The ship was moored opposite to a larger ship that partially sheltered it. Using Rembrandt DMA, the study accounted for the interaction between the two ships, including sheltering
• Napoleon Bonaparte    Forensic study for French law firm in connection with high-profile mooring incident in the port of Marseilles. The study involved analyses to investigation correlation between ship motions and timing of wind variations in the port
• Ocean Victory, Kashima Bay    Forensic study for London-based law firm in connection with London arbitration on the effects of long wave conditions in the port and suitability of berth facilities
• IJmuiden Seaports    Expert witness for Dutch arbitration to render expert opinion on wave conditions in relation to damage to harbour installation
• Peru    Wave hind cast (using SWAN) and detailed long wave propagation (using SWASH) modelling for a LNG terminal behind a detached breakwater to assess the waves for three different events of breaking mooring lines.

Publications

• Chen, Z., Hurdle, D.P., Kram, N., Lomónaco, P., Cornett, A.    DESIGN AND TESTING OF SCOUR PROTECTION FOR ADRIATIC LNG GBS, OMAE 2011-49385. June 2011
• Lacoin, S., Hurdle, D.P., Vledder, G.Ph. van    COMPARISON OF FORMULATIONS FOR WHITECAPPING IN MIXED SEAS, proc. OMAE 2005-67545. June 2005
• Hurdle, D.P., Vledder, G.Ph. van    DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW SOURCE TERM FOR WAVE BREAKING IN SHALLOW WATER, 6th int. workshop on wave hindcasting and forecasting. Monterey, 2000
• Hurdle, D.P., Abdalla, S., d Özhan, E.    A WAVE CLIMATE DATA BASE FOR THE BLACK SEA AND TJE TURKISH COAST, proc. int. Medcoast conf. on the wind and wave climate of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Antalya, Turkey, April 1999
• Hurdle, D.P., Vledder, G.Ph. van    JOINT STATISTICS OF WAVES AND WATER LEVELS, proc. conf. Ocean Wave Kinematics, Dynamics and Loads on Structures. Houston, 1998
• Vledder, G.Ph. van, Spaan, G., Hurdle, D.P.    PARAMETERISATION OF NUMERICAL WAVE TRANSFORMATIONS TO DERIVE JOINT COASTAL EXTREMES, proc. 3rd int. symp. on Ocean Wave measurement and analysis, Nov. 3-7, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1998.
• Hurdle, D.P., De Girolamo, P., Pellegrini, G.    EVALUATION OF DESIGN WAVES ALONG THE ADRIATIC COAST OF THE VENICE LAGOON, Coastal Engineering 25, 109-133. 1995
• De Giralomo, P., Passacantando, G., Hurdle, D.P., Noli, A.    EVALUATION OF DESIGN WAVES ALONG THE ADRIATIC COAST AND AT THE INLETS OF THE VENICE LAGOON, proc. 23rd int. conf. on Coastal Engineering. Venice, 1992
• Hurdle, D.P., Kostense, K.J., Van den Bosch, P.    MILD-SLOPE MODEL FOR THE WAVE BEHAVIOUR IN AND AROUND HARBOURS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES IN AREAS OF VARIABLE DEPTH AND FLOW CONDITIONS, chapter in Advances in Water Modelling and Measurement. Ed. M.H. Palmer, B.H.R.A. 1989
• Hurdle, D.P., Stive, R.J.    revision of spm, 1984 REVISION OF SPM, 1984 WAVE HINDCAST MODEL TO AVOID INCONSISTENCIES IN ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS. Coastal Engineering, vol. 12, 339-351. 1989
• Carter, R.G., Hurdle, D.P.    WAVE POWER ABSORPTION BY A SMALL BODY, 1981.