MagazineExamining the importance of hydrodynamic interaction
MARIN Report 132
30 Sep 2021
When a ship enters a lock or passes under a narrow bridge, the hydrodynamic effect is obvious, but hydrodynamic interaction also plays a role in ...
infrastructurecfd
MagazineWave-in-deck assessment of a floating rig in a harsh environment
MARIN Report 132
30 Sep 2021
The BreaKin JIP (2016-2018) and its successor BreaKin CFD JIP (2019-2021) are good examples of industry collaboration working to solve the ...
oil and gaswave measurementswave loadsfloating wind turbine
Magazine"We face increased pressure for lower emissions, an acceleration in the energy transition and more hybrid solutions"
MARIN Report 132
30 Sep 2021
MARIN’s Transport and Shipping department is extremely diverse. The team handles projects across the entire spectrum, from ultra large container ...
transport and shippingemissioninland shipping
MagazineWind-powered shipping increasingly popular
MARIN Report 132
30 Sep 2021
The uptake of wind propulsion as a solution to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions is accelerating. Compared to future alternative ...
transport and shippingoffshore wind
MagazineTowards large-scale FPV
MARIN Report 132
30 Sep 2021
Floating Photovoltaics (FPV) is a rapidly growing market. The first commercial FPV plant, which was around 170 kWp, was realised in 2008 on an ...
renewablesoffshore
Magazine"The main challenge is to further decrease electricity costs while increasing total capacity"
MARIN Report 132
30 Sep 2021
MARIN believes it is our responsibility to contribute to the development of offshore renewable energy from waves, tides and wind. Back in 2010, we ...
renewablesoffshoreoffshore energy
Magazine"The integration of marine systems at the ship concept stage will be key"
MARIN Report 132
30 Sep 2021
Marine Systems represent a vast family of products and solutions, which are pretty difficult to characterise in just a few words. While a hull or a ...
marine systems
PaperAnd…Action! Setting the Scene for Accurate Visual CFD Comparisons Using Ray Tracing
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
28 Sep 2021
Increased graphical capabilities of contemporary computer hardware make ray tracing possible for a much wider range of applications. In science, and ...
cfdcfd/simulation/desk studies
Magazine"The ever-growing size of vessels is one of themost important developments"
MARIN Report 132
28 Sep 2021
The Infrastructure market covers a wide and diverse range in many ways: from projects studying the capacity of inland waterways and the design and ...
infrastructure
PaperPendulation control for dynamical positioning capable ship; considerations on actuator usage
IFAC-PapersOnLine
22 Sep 2021
Ship-mounted cranes are used in the offshore industry for, among others, placement of wind turbine components. The pendulation of the load can be ...
measurements and controlfuel efficiencyenergy savingdynamic positioning
PaperFlettner rotors performance and interaction effects on the MARIN Hybrid Transition Coaster
RINA International Conference on Wind Propulsion, London, UK
15 Sep 2021
In the context of ship design, including wind propulsion, knowing the aerodynamic performance of a ship and its wind propulsors is essential. In the ...
wind propulsionzero emissionshipsships and structures
PaperValidation of Spectral Fatigue Assessment of a West-Africa FPSO Using Full-Scale Measurements
Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), Houston, Texas, USA
16 Aug 2021
In order to ensure structural integrity and safe operations, fatigue assessment of structural details is a key aspect of design and verification ...
offshoreoffshore engineeringstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringoil and gasrenewable energyoffshore operations
PaperScreening wave conditions for the occurrence of green water events on sailing ships
Ocean Engineering
15 Aug 2021
Design loads for extreme wave events on ships, such as slamming and green water, are hard to define. These events depend on details in the incoming ...
waves & motionsextreme conditionscfd
PaperCable JIP: A Research Project to Assess the Feasibility of a Semi-Static Electrical Subsea Cable for the Power Take-off from a TLP-type Floating Offshore Wind Turbine
Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), Houston, Texas, USA
9 Aug 2021
The CABLE JIP research project in 2017-2019 was initiated with the aim of studying the feasibility of deploying a novel semi-static electrical cable ...
renewable energyoffshore energy
PaperA Joint-Industry Effort to Develop and Verify CFD Modelling Practice for Vortex-Induced Motion of a Deep-Draft Semi-Submersible
40th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2021), Online
22 Jun 2021
Platform Vortex Induced Motion (VIM) is an important cause of fatigue damage on risers and mooring lines connected to deep-draft semi-submersible ...
cfdvortex induced motions (vim)offshore