MagazineMARIN launches new company Qnowledge
MARIN Report 80
1 Sep 2003
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Early this year, MARIN founded Qnowledge BV, a new company to promote,implement and support a particular knowledge management technology, referred ...
MagazineA further step forward with SafeTrans
MARIN Report 80
1 Sep 2003
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Weather routed heavy lift transportation and tows need specific design tools to evaluate the risk of the operation. More than often huge offshore ...
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MagazineEnergy saving technique hits the headlines
MARIN Report 80
1 Sep 2003
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The joint industry project PELS (Project Energy-saving air-Lubricated Ships) being carried out at MARIN is the focus of much public and scientific ...
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MagazineMARIN tackles day-to-day ship performance quantification
MARIN Report 80
1 Sep 2003
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Quantifying the day-to-day operations of a ship has for many years been impossible. But the situation is changing. Report examines recent ...
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MagazineCooperative Research Navies focuses on dynamic stability and safety
MARIN Report 80
1 Sep 2003
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A cooperative effort that started in 1990 between a group of navies and MARIN has culminated in a successful research venture, which has a multitude ...
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MagazineSAMSON helps assess the risk of wind farms
MARIN Report 80
1 Sep 2003
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Within the coming years a large number of offshore wind farms are planned in European waters. To measure the extent of their environmental impact, ...
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MagazineMega performance for Mega Yachts
MARIN Report 80
1 Sep 2003
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With more demand for quality, the latest generation of Mega Yachts face even more rigorous research and development. Besides the traditional design ...
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MagazinePodded popularity sees MARIN building bridges
MARIN Report 80
1 Sep 2003
Reading time 6 minutes
Increasingly, modern ships are, equipped with podded propulsors, especially cruise vessels and fast ferries. In this sector efficiency, ...
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PaperDowntime Analysis Methods for Offshore Dredging Operations
CEDA Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1 Sep 2003
The operation of dredgers at sea may be seriously affected by the marine environment. This can lead to downtime during operations. The question ...
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MagazineDP Excellence JIP - 'Ultra Reliable DP for the future'
MARIN Report 80
1 Sep 2003
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Future DP systems will have to be able to keep station in higher sea states than ever, to a greater accuracy and unaffected by random events. ...
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MagazineRisk Based Maintenance System development RBM-UP
MARIN Report 80
1 Sep 2003
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Lifetime maintenance has become very important for offshore oil production platforms and their facilities because of their long-term operation. ...
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PaperManoeuvring criteria - more than IMO A751 requirements alone!
International Conference on Marine Simulation and Ship Manoeuvrability (MARSIM’03), Kanazawa, Japan
1 Aug 2003
In 1993, IMO resolution A751(18) was accepted. Since 1993, ship designs focussed on complying with these standards. For the Netherlands, MARIN ...
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PaperKnowledge-based Computational Model Assembling
Summer Computer Simulation Conference, Montreal, Canada
1 Jul 2003
Although computational modelling is a common activity in science and engineering, the actual construction or assembling of computational models on ...
cfd/simulation/desk studiesmeasurements and controldata sciencesoftware engineering
PaperThe Effect of Mooring System and Sheared Currents on Vortex Induced Motions of Truss Spars
22nd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 03), Cancun, Mexico
8 Jun 2003
Since 1996 Spars have been used as production platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Spar Vortex Induced Motions (VIM) in strong currents like the ...
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PaperManoeuvring assessment in concept ship design
International Conference on Ship and Shipping Research (NAV 2003), Palermo, Italy
2 Jun 2003
The art of ship design is to find the best design compromise suitable for the ship's task and its operations, taking the performance, initial costs ...
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