MagazineTow monitoring for fatigue assessment
MARIN Report 87
1 Jan 2006
Reading time 3 minutes
In May, Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) commissioned MARIN to monitor barge motions during the transportation of the Valdemar AB platform jacket ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralmeasurements and controldata sciencerenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremonitoringtrials and monitoringfatiguemotionsfull scale
MagazineMARIN goes East
MARIN Report 87
1 Jan 2006
Reading time 6 minutes
Report looks at a very special 'guanxi' (relationship) as MARIN joins forces with the Shanghai Shipping and Ship Research Institute (SSSRI) of China.
sustainable propulsionmeasurements and controldata scienceresistance and propulsionpoweringmodel testinghull form optimisationpropulsionspeed/power performance
PaperVerification of Turbulence Models with a Manufactured Solution
European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECCOMAS CFD 2006), Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands
1 Jan 2006
This paper presents an exercise of Code Verification with two manufactured solutions valid for 2D RANS equations supplemented either with the ...
cfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesmeasurements and controldata sciencetime-domain simulationsmodel testingsimulations
MagazineTo EMBARC on success with new FSA-tool
MARIN Report 87
1 Jan 2006
Reading time 3 minutes
As the European Maritime Study for Baseline and Advanced Regional and Coastal Traffic Management (EMBARC) project comes to an end, Report outlines ...
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MagazineEFFORT pays off
MARIN Report 87
1 Jan 2006
Reading time 3 minutes
December 2005 saw the successful conclusion of the three-year European Full-scale FlOw Research and Technology (EFFORT) project, a 5th Framework EU ...
cfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesinfrastructuretransport and shippingmonitoringfull scale
MagazineMARIN model pod innovation improves accuracy and flexibility
MARIN Report 87
1 Jan 2006
Reading time 6 minutes
MARIN engineers in cooperation with Eindhoven University of Technology have made a giant leap forward in the innovation of podded propulsor models. ...
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MagazineGert Kuiper retires after nearly 40 years
MARIN Report 87
1 Jan 2006
Reading time 6 minutes
Widely acknowledged as a cavitation guru, Gert Kuiper has retired from MARIN after nearly 40 years. Much of his working life has been spent ...
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MagazineMTU Detroit Diesel sails ahead
MARIN Report 87
1 Jan 2006
Reading time 3 minutes
Whether investigating a cruise ship worth 7 500 m or a rubber boat by means of model tests, tank rates and model manufacturing costs are almost the ...
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PaperAdvanced and future hydrodynamic optimisation tools in sail yacht design
2 nd International Symposium on design and production of motor and sail yachts (MDY), Madrid, Spain
1 Jan 2006
Since the beginning of high level sailing events, like the America’s Cup and Volvo Ocean Race, designers have used a varied and increasing set of ...
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PaperNautical Safety Study for Marsaxlokk and Valletta - Means and measures to improve safety
International Maritime Pilots Association
1 Jan 2006
On behalf of the Malta Maritime Authority and through a EU Framework Contract with JacobsGIBB Ltd, MARIN conducted a Nautical Safety Study for the ...
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PaperFull scale wave and whipping induced hull girder loads
Hydroelasticity in Marine Technology, Wuxi, China
1 Jan 2006
One year full scale measurements available from Victoriaborg, a general cargo/container vessel with hull flare and bow flare, were analyzed to ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralseakeepingtransport and shippingmonitoringtrials and monitoringextreme conditionsfatigueloads and responsesspringingstructural responsefull scale
PaperCalculation of the flow around the KVLCC2M tanker
A Workshop on CFD in Ship Hydrodynamics, Tokyo, Japan
2 Dec 2005
The flow around the double-body KVLCC2M tanker is computed in grids with H-O topology. First the zerodrift angle case is considered. Two turbulence ...
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PaperA New Method to Optimise the Operability of Deepwater Offloading Operations
Deep Offshore Technology Conference (DOT), Vitória, Brazil
8 Nov 2005
In 2005 the Joint Industry Project 'Offloading Operability will be completed. Within this project, a tool is developed for the simulation of complex ...
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ThesisModelling of Sheet Cavitation on Hydrofoils and Marine Propellers using Boundary Element Methods
PhD-thesis Technical University of Lisbon -IST
31 Oct 2005
In this Thesis inviscid models based on the Boundary Element Method are developed for the calculation of partial and super sheet cavitation on ...
sustainable propulsioncfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesnoise and vibrationresistance and propulsionmarine systemspoweringdefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingresearch and developmentcavitationpropeller designresearch
PaperNew promising generation of twin-gondola LNG carriers optimised with the aid of CFD calculations
SNAME Maritime Convention, Houston, Texas, USA
1 Oct 2005
The world has enormous quantities of natural gas, but much of it is located in areas far from where the gas is needed. As natural gas is becoming an ...
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