PaperDesigning for dangerous waves - a new 'Adaptive Screening' method to predict extreme values of non-linear marine and coastal structure responses to waves
Reliability Engineering and System Safety
11 Jul 2025
Predicting extreme values of strongly non-linear hydrodynamic responses (such as wave impact loads) is crucial for ensuring the safety and ...
wave loadswaves, impacts and hydrostructuralwaves & motionshydrodynamicsships and structuresoffshore engineeringseakeepingcfd/simulation/desk studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineering
PaperWhere Are We and Where Are We Going? Analyzing Simulation-Driven Design Optimization Trends in Marine Engineering by Scoping Review
XI International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering (MARINE 2025), Edinburgh, Scotland
23 Jun 2025
This paper distills the principal insights from our recent scoping review on simulation-based design optimization (SBDO) in naval engineering and ...
resistance and propulsionpoweringseakeepingcfddata sciencemarine systemsrenewablescfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperEfficient prediction of aerodynamic interaction effects including optimised controls for wind propulsion
XI International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering (MARINE 2025), Edinburg, Scotland
23 Jun 2025
The fuel savings obtained from a configuration of wind propulsors on a vessel is affected by the location of the wind propulsor in the atmospheric ...
cfd/simulation/desk studiescfdwind propulsionresistance and propulsion
PaperResistance extrapolation for ships with a wetted transom stern
XI International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering (MARINE 2025), Edinburgh, Scotland
23 Jun 2025
This paper studies the viscous resistance of a ship with a wetted transom stern, and its scale effect. For predicting the resistance of a ship with ...
full scalehydrodynamicsresistance and propulsionmodel testing
PaperPredicting airfoil pressure distribution using boundary graph neural networks
XI International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering (MARINE 2025), Edinburg, Scotland
23 Jun 2025
Surrogate models are essential for fast and accurate surface pressure and friction predictions during design optimization of complex lifting ...
data sciencecfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperONRT Free-Running CFD and System Based Simulations for Transient Maneuvers
XI International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering (MARINE 2025), Edinburg, Scotland
23 Jun 2025
A comprehensive evaluation of free-running Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and System-Based (SB) approaches is presented for simulating transient ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiescfdtime-domain simulationsmanoeuvringcfd/simulation/desk studiesdefence
PaperHydrodynamic analysis of a 2MW offshore floating solar farm with breakwater protection
International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering (MARINE 2025), Edinburgh, UK
23 Jun 2025
Within the EU project SUREWAVE a new concept for the upscaling of Floating PhotoVoltaics (FPV) to offshore environments is developed. The new ...
floating solaroffshoreoffshore energyrenewableshydrodynamicsanalysis and prediction
PaperWave induced response of shallow draft interconnected pontoons
44th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2025), Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada
22 Jun 2025
This paper presents the wave induced responses of shallow draft interconnected pontoons as investigated by the EU-funded project BAMBOO. The project ...
offshorestability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringhydrostructuralocean energyseakeepingrenewablescfd/simulation/desk studiesmodel testingblue growth
PaperWave generation and calibration at MARIN
44th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2025), Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada
22 Jun 2025
For the generation of realistic wave conditions in model wave basins a wave generation tool is required to translate the specified wave elevation at ...
wave measurementsmodel testingwave generationwaves, impacts and hydrostructural
PaperCalculating and testing the stability of an air-cushioned floating suction pile foundation
44th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2025), Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada
22 Jun 2025
The Tri Suction Pile Caisson (TSPC) is being developed as an innovative alternative to existing wind turbine foundations. It consists of three open ...
offshore windstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringhydrodynamicstime-domain simulations
PaperSimplifying damping matrix calibration in coupled offshore systems using parameter reduction through modal decomposition
44th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2025), Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada
22 Jun 2025
One of the challenges in (automatically) calibrating damping in numerical models is the large number of parameters that need to be tuned, especially ...
model testingstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringtime-domain simulationsseakeepingcfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperComparing multi-fidelity modelling approaches for Articulated Tug Barge motions and pin loads in wave conditions
44th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2025), Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada
22 Jun 2025
An Articulated Tug Barge (ATB) was designed for Carbon Collectors to operate for carbon capture and storage (CCS) in depleted gas reservoirs in the ...
model testingtime-domain simulationswave loadsstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringoffshore operationsseakeepingrenewablescfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperFull-scale air lubrication measurement techniques in use and under development
1st International Symposium on Air Lubrication Technologies (SALT’25), Trondheim, Norway
16 Jun 2025
Air lubrication systems (ALSs) are being installed on an increasing number of vessels. MARIN often receives requests from clients (ALS producers and ...
fuel efficiencymeasurements and controlair lubricationpropulsion
PaperPredicting the Global Shape of a Breaking Solitary Wave Impacting a Wall
35th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE), Seoul/Goyang, Korea
1 Jun 2025
This paper investigates the Global Wave Shape of a solitary wave breaking on a sloping bottom, and impacting a wall. The approach is numerical, ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralwave measurements
PaperCombining numerical and experimental methods to explain ship-bank interactions - MASHCON7
MASHCON2025, Bruges, Belgium
18 May 2025
Bank effects refer to the suction and repulsion forces a ship experiences when sailing near a bank. Recently, various factors have driven the ...
model testingcfdinland shippingmanoeuvringshallow water