MagazineNew tests seek solutions to slamming problems
MARIN Report 83
1 Aug 2004
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Impulsive loads experienced by ships in waves degrade directly and indirectly, performance and safety.
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MagazineStimulating simulators
MARIN Report 83
1 Aug 2004
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At present, MARIN is involved in two interesting projects for supplying simulators. One is for the TESO ferry company that operates double-ended ...
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MagazineThree year study ELAST ends with interesting results
MARIN Report 83
1 Aug 2004
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This year the Co-operative Research Ship (CRS) project ELAST finalised its three year study on the correlation
between bow-flare slamming and ...
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MagazineGet acquainted with RAPID release 3.0
MARIN Report 83
1 Aug 2004
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An essential part in the development of today's competitive ship design is a good hull shape. For several years MARIN's RAPID CFD software has ...
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PaperWave feed forward DP and analysis of the effect on Shuttle Tanker Operation
Dynamic Positioning Conference, Houston, Texas, USA
1 Aug 2004
From 2000 through 2003 a Joint Industry Project (DP-JIP) was carried out, developing technology to improve dynamic positioning control by using wave ...
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PaperWave Impact Excitation on Ship Type Offshore Structures in Steep Fronted Waves
OMAE Speciality Symposium on FPSO Integrity, Houston, USA
1 Aug 2004
Wave impacts in steep fronted waves can induce extremely large impact pressures on the hull of moored ship-type offshore structures. As part of the ...
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PaperIs uncertainty of wave induced fatiguing loading on FPSOs uncertain?
OMAE Speciality Symposium on FPSO Integrity, Houston, USA
1 Aug 2004
That FPSOs being permanently positioned offshore installations are continuously subjected to sea actions was known to the industry from the very ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralmeasurements and controldata sciencerenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seamodel testingmonitoringtrials and monitoringfatigueloads and responsesfull scaleoffshore engineering
PaperA Verification Exercise for Two 2-D Steady Incompressible Turbulent Flows
European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, (ECCOMAS) Jyväskylä, Finland
1 Aug 2004
This paper presents the main results of a detailed Verification study performed for two 2-D, steady, incompressible, turbulent flows taken from the ...
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PaperEffect of Operational Conditions on the Cavitation Inception Speed of Naval Propellers
25th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, St. John's, Canada
1 Aug 2004
A propeller analysis package for time domain simulations is described that permits evaluation of the effects of variable operating conditions on ...
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MagazineMASTering the art…
MARIN Report 83
1 Aug 2004
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The 'Best Mast' project aims to tackle the roblems of mast design as current industry knowledge is often stretched beyond all previous experience.
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MagazineJoint Industry Projects - the lifeblood of the industry
MARIN Report 83
1 Aug 2004
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Joint Industry Projects (JIPs) are an essential source of communication with our clients. Essential, because the meetings and discussions ...
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PaperExploratory Experiments to Determine Flow and Structure Borne Noise of Erosive
Heat Transfer/Fluid Engineering Summer Conference (HTFED04), Charlote, North Carolina, USA
11 Jul 2004
In two exploratory setups, a high-frequency pressure transducer has been used to determine both the flow and the structure borne noise above 200 ...
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PaperSafety of LNG-Shipping around Ports and Terminals
Port Technology International
23 Jun 2004
The design of port lay-outs and terminals suitable for LNG-carriers has to meet exceptionally high safety standards. The highly sensitive subject is ...
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PaperThe Numerical Simulation of LNG Sloshing with an Improved Volume Of Fluid Method
23rd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2004), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
20 Jun 2004
With the trend towards offshore LNG production and offloading, sloshing of LNG in partially filled tanks has become an important research subject ...
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PaperDowntime Analysis Techniques for Complex Offshore and Dredging Operations
23rd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE04), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
20 Jun 2004
Offshore operations in open seas may be seriously affected by the weather. This can lead to a downtime during these operations. The question whether ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralsafe operations and human factorsrenewablesoffshore operationsoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seatransport and shippingmooring and offloadingoperabilitywaves & motionsoffshore engineering