Ahmet Soydan
About
Ahmet Soydan is currently pursuing his PhD thesis, titled "Numerical Modeling of Ship Hydrodynamics in Real Sea Conditions," under the supervision of Professor Hans Bihs in the Marine Civil Engineering Research Group. He received his master’s degree in the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, from Istanbul Technical University in 2018. Previously, he worked as a Research Engineer at Milper Propeller Technologies Inc. (2015-2017), SEFT Ship Design (2017-2019), and Turkish Aerospace (2019-2021). His research interests include:
- Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- Ship hydrodynamics in waves
- Wave-structure interaction
- Floating body dynamics in waves
- Mooring line's dynamics
- High-performance computing (HPC)
- Rotor/propeller aero/hydrodynamics-aero/hydroacoustics
Publications
2025
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Malmei, Vilde;
Berthelsen, Petter Andreas;
Wang, Widar Weizhi;
Bihs, Hans.
(2025)
Numerical investigation and experimental validation of INO WINDMOOR semi-submersible FOWT in extreme waves.
Applied Ocean Research
Academic article
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Wang, Widar Weizhi;
Bihs, Hans.
(2025)
An improved direct forcing immersed boundary method for floating body simulations in waves.
Applied Ocean Research
Academic article
2024
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Wang, Widar Weizhi;
Bihs, Hans.
(2024)
An Upgraded Direct Forcing Immersed Boundary Method With Integrated Mooring Algorithm for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Wang, Widar Weizhi;
Bihs, Hans.
(2024)
An Improved Direct Forcing Immersed Boundary Method With Integrated Mooring Algorithm for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines.
Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering
Academic article
2022
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Wang, Weizhi;
Kamath, Arun;
Bihs, Hans.
(2022)
A direct forcing immersed boundary method for simulating floating objects.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Şahin, Hürkan;
Biçer, Barış;
Sarıözkan, Şebnem;
Şahin, Mehmet.
(2022)
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Co-Axial Rotor Interaction to Thrust.
Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, An International Journal (CFD)
Academic article
2021
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Bal, Şakir.
(2021)
An investigation of scale effects on marine propeller under cavitating and non-cavitating conditions.
Ship Technology Research
Academic article
Journal publications
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Malmei, Vilde;
Berthelsen, Petter Andreas;
Wang, Widar Weizhi;
Bihs, Hans.
(2025)
Numerical investigation and experimental validation of INO WINDMOOR semi-submersible FOWT in extreme waves.
Applied Ocean Research
Academic article
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Wang, Widar Weizhi;
Bihs, Hans.
(2025)
An improved direct forcing immersed boundary method for floating body simulations in waves.
Applied Ocean Research
Academic article
-
Soydan, Ahmet;
Wang, Widar Weizhi;
Bihs, Hans.
(2024)
An Improved Direct Forcing Immersed Boundary Method With Integrated Mooring Algorithm for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines.
Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering
Academic article
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Şahin, Hürkan;
Biçer, Barış;
Sarıözkan, Şebnem;
Şahin, Mehmet.
(2022)
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Co-Axial Rotor Interaction to Thrust.
Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, An International Journal (CFD)
Academic article
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Bal, Şakir.
(2021)
An investigation of scale effects on marine propeller under cavitating and non-cavitating conditions.
Ship Technology Research
Academic article
Part of book/report
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Wang, Widar Weizhi;
Bihs, Hans.
(2024)
An Upgraded Direct Forcing Immersed Boundary Method With Integrated Mooring Algorithm for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Soydan, Ahmet;
Wang, Weizhi;
Kamath, Arun;
Bihs, Hans.
(2022)
A direct forcing immersed boundary method for simulating floating objects.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Teaching
Courses
Outreach
2025
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Academic lectureSoydan, Ahmet; Wang, Widar Weizhi; Bihs, Hans. (2025) Ship Hydrodynamic Simulations in Realistic Sea States Using The Shock-Absorbing Non-Hydrostatic Solver REEF3D::NHFLOW. 27th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium (NuTTS) , Zagreb 2025-09-13 - 2025-09-15
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Academic lectureSoydan, Ahmet; Wang, Widar Weizhi; Bihs, Hans. (2025) Simulation of Ship Hydrodynamics using a Direct Forcing Immersed Boundary Method in REEF3D. XI International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering , Edinburgh 2025-06-23 - 2025-06-25
2024
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Academic lectureSoydan, Ahmet; Wang, Widar Weizhi; Bihs, Hans. (2024) Ship Hydrodynamic Simulations Using an Upgraded Direct Forcing Immersed Boundary Method. 26th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium 2024-10-23 - 2024-10-25
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Academic lectureSoydan, Ahmet; Knoblauch, Fabian Maximilian; Wang, Widar Weizhi; Dempwolff, León-Carlos; Goseberg, Nils; Bihs, Hans. (2024) Numerical modelling of primary ship waves in shallow coastal areas using CFD. 38th International Conference on Coastal Engineering , Rome 2024-09-08 - 2024-09-14
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LectureSoydan, Ahmet. (2024) A New FSI Algorithm for Floating Body Simulations in Waves. IPIRIS Project Partner Meeting 2024 , Ålesund 2024-06-18 - 2024-06-18
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Academic lectureKnoblauch, Fabian Maximilian; Soydan, Ahmet; Wang, Widar Weizhi; Bihs, Hans. (2024) Implementation of a VOF-PLIC Routine to improve the Free Surface Representation in a Signed Distance Function based CFD-Solver. 38th International Conference on Coastal Engineering , Rome 2024-09-08 - 2024-09-14
2023
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Academic lectureKnoblauch, Fabian; Soydan, Ahmet; Wang, Weizhi; Bihs, Hans Sebastian. (2023) The Fixed Grid Fully Non-linear Potential Flow Model REEF3D::PTF - Examination of Different Methods for Solving The Laplace Equation at the Free Surface. 10th International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering , Madrid, Spain 2023-06-27 - 2023-06-29
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Academic lectureSoydan, Ahmet; Wang, Weizhi; Bihs, Hans. (2023) An Improved Direct Forcing Immersed Boundary Method for Simulating Floating Objects. 10th Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering (Marine 2023) , Madrid 2023-06-27 - 2023-06-29
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Academic lectureSoydan, Ahmet; Wang, Weizhi; Bihs, Hans. (2023) Numerical Applications of Wave-Structure Interaction Problems Using a Direct Forcing Immersed Boundary Method in REEF3D::CFD. 25th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium , Ericira 2023-10-15 - 2023-10-17
2021
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Academic lectureSoydan, Ahmet; Kamath, Arun; Martin, Tobias; Bihs, Hans. (2021) Validation of the direct forcing immersed boundary method of REEF3D for floating objects. Third Conference of Computational Methods and Ocean Technology (COTech) , Stavanger 2021-11-25 - 2021-11-26