MagazineIs a Green FPSO the answer for future low carbon feedstock and fuel?
MARIN Report 133
8 apr. 2022
Reading time 6 minutes
The moonshot idea of a Green FPSO may be closer to reality than we think. Although extremely ambitious indeed, it seems unlikely that there will be ...
MagazineFlexible floating offshore islands
MARIN Report 133
8 apr. 2022
Reading time 6 minutes
A Dutch consortium including four applied research institutes (MARIN, TNO, Deltares and WUR) is exploring the potential of combining a partially ...
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MagazineMoniMoor JIP
MARIN Report 133
8 apr. 2022
Reading time 6 minutes
The MoniMoor initiative seeks to develop a framework for the mooring integrity management of floating wind turbines and production systems with the ...
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PaperA Technique to Control the Decay of Freestream Turbulence for Transitional Flow Simulations
AIAA Journal
4 apr. 2022
The use of transition models in Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes solvers is usually accompanied by high values of the eddy viscosity at the inlet, ...
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PaperAn eddy-viscosity model for turbulent flows of Herschel-Bulkley fluids
Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
1 mrt. 2022
This article presents a new turbulence closure based on the k-ω SST model for predicting turbulent flows of Herschel-Bulkley fluids, including ...
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PaperOn the accuracy, robustness, and performance of high order interpolation schemes for the overset method on unstructured grids
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids
1 feb. 2022
A comprehensive study on interpolation schemes used in overset grid techniques is here presented. Based on a literature review, numerous schemes are ...
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PaperOC6 Phase 1a - CFD Simulations of the Free-Decay Motion of the DeepCwind Semisubmersible
Energies
5 jan. 2022
Currently, the design of floating offshore wind systems is primarily based on mid-fidelity models with empirical drag forces. The tuning of the ...
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PaperPredicting Transition for the 6:1 Prolate Spheroid Using the RANS Equations
AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, San Diego, CA, USA and Virtual
3 jan. 2022
The incorporation of the effects of laminar-to-turbulent transition in CFD has become a topic of growing importance, due to the inability of well ...
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PaperOn the Simulation of Low Reynolds Number Flows using the RANS Equations with Eddy-Viscosity and Transition Models
AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, San Diego, CA, USA and Virtual
3 jan. 2022
This paper presents the results obtained with an incompressible flow solver for the two-dimensional test cases proposed for the first AIAA CFD ...
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PaperModeling of high-Re, incompressible, non-equilibrium, rough-wall boundary layers for naval applications under NATO-AVT349
AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, San Diego, CA, USA and Virtual
3 jan. 2022
This paper discusses the modeling activity of the NATO-STO Research Task Group AVT-349. The aim of this group is to improve the understanding and ...
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PaperExperimental and Computational Study of 2D Smooth Wall Turbulent Boundary Layers in Pressure Gradient
AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, San Diego, CA, USA and Virtual
3 jan. 2022
This paper describes a collaborative experimental and computational study of smooth wall boundary layers in a systematic family of favorable and ...
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PaperComputations of the BeVERLI Hill Three-dimensional Separating Flow Model Validation Cases
AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, San Diego, CA, USA and Virtual
3 jan. 2022
The BeVERLI (Benchmark Validation Experiment for RANS/LES Investigations) Hill project aims at producing a detailed experimental database of ...
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PaperComparison of numerical approaches for structural response analysis of passenger ships in collisions and groudings
Marine Structures
1 jan. 2022
The dynamic response of ships following grounding and collision accidents may be influenced by structural topology as well as operational and ...
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PaperCFD Simulations and Experiments of a Submarine in Turn, Zigzag, and Surfacing Maneuvers
Journal of Ship Research
23 dec. 2021
We present simulations and experiments of the generic submarine Joubert BB2 performing standard turn, zigzag, and surfacing maneuvers in calm water ...
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PaperVerification and validation of CFD simulations for semi-submersible floating offshore wind turbine under pitch free-decay motion
Ocean Engineering
15 dec. 2021
In this paper a detailed verification and validation study is performed to evaluate the accuracy of CFD simulations for a semi-submersible floating ...
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