Long years of professional experience in the areas of ship hydrodynamics and the interaction between ship – engine – propeller – rudder, in model scale as well as in full size make ISA the competent consultant for your issues and tasks.
For many years Eckhard Praefke is a member of the expert committee “Ship Hydrodynamics” of Schiffbautechnische Gesellschaft e.V. (German Society of Naval Architects)
- Expert opinion on ship lines
- Design and expert opinion on ship appendages
- Rudders
- Shaft brackets
- Foils, spoilers, fins
- Trim flaps, wedges, interceptors
- Hull tunnel
- Propulsion and wake field improving devices
- Recommendation on propeller arrangement
- Resistance and powering performance predictions
- Fuel consumption and operating range