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
Reading time 2 minutes
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
Reading time 2 minutes
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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PaperComparison of Full-Scale Measurements with Calculated Motion Characteristics of a West of Africa FPSO
22nd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2003), Cancun, Mexico
1 Jun 2003
Full-scale measurements of the motions of the Girassol FPSO are available over a one-year period. During this same period also vessel draft, wave ...
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PaperDesign Aspects of Green Water Loading on FPSOs
22nd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics & Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2003) Cancun, Mexico
1 Jun 2003
Green water is a significant problem for floating ship-type offshore structures, which needs to be assessed in the early design of the structure. ...
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PaperA practical approach to constrained hydrodynamic optimization of ships
International Conference on Ship and Shipping Research (NAV2003), Palermo, Italy
1 Jun 2003
This paper presents a practical approach to hydrodynamic optimization of ships, based on numerical flow simulation. New in this approach, compared ...
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PaperThe Flow Around FPSO’s in Steep Regular Waves
The Thirteenth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
25 May 2003
This paper investigates the hydrodynamical aspects of a fixed FPSO in regular waves. The emphasis is geared to the validation of state of the art ...
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PaperExperimental investigation of the sensitivity to in-line motions and magnus-like lift production on the vortex-induced vibrations
The Thirteenth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
25 May 2003
Experiments were carried out with a transversely oscillating cylinder in steady current, to investigate the sensitivity to small cylinder pitch ...
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PaperDP FPSO – A Fully Dynamically Positioned FPSO for Ultra Deep Waters
The Thirteenth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
25 May 2003
In the coming years, there will be a growing demand for Floating Production and Storage Units (FPSOs) for ultra deep waters (greater than 2,000 ...
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PaperTowards optimal design of ship hull shapes
8th International Marine Design Conference (IMDC), Athens, Greece
5 May 2003
The recent increase in information technologies dedicated to optimal design, associated with the progress of the numerical tools for predicting ship ...
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PaperModel Test Experience on Vortex Induced Vibrations of Truss Spars
Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), Houston, Texas, USA
1 May 2003
In order to evaluate the Vortex Induced Vibration (VIV) response of truss Spars and to optimize their strake configuration several model test ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralmeasurements and controldata sciencerenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seamodel testingresearch and developmentloads and responsesmotionsvortex induced motions (vim)offshore engineeringresearch