MagazineHow good is our understanding of reality?
MARIN Report 126
1 Jun 2019
Reading time 3 minutes
If innovation is the engine that drives ship designs, tools and procedures to higher standards beyond far horizons, then full-scale measurements ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuraldata sciencesafe operations and human factorsmarine systemstransport and shippingmonitoring
MagazineAbility to predict the added resistance of ships in waves has matured
MARIN Report 126
1 Jun 2019
Reading time 6 minutes
Over the last five years the RAW working groups in CRS have investigated the nature of the added resistance of ships at sea and the merits of ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfd developmentresistance and propulsion
MagazinePodded propulsion, a novel propulsion type providing new hydrodynamic challenges
MARIN Report 126
1 Jun 2019
Reading time 3 minutes
In the mid-nineties, a novel propulsion type made its appearance in the maritime market - podded propulsion. The first installations were on ...
hydrostructuralresistance and propulsionmarine systemspoweringpropeller and cavitation
MagazineCooperative Research Ships 1969-2019
MARIN Report 126
1 Jun 2019
Reading time 12 minutes
The years 1969-2019 establish a half-century where mankind has achieved enormous technological progress in many areas, such as aviation ...
marine systemspassengers and yachtingtransport and shipping
MagazineFive decades of research into manoeuvrability
MARIN Report 126
1 Jun 2019
Reading time 9 minutes
In the quest for supertankers 50 years ago, the CRS investigated the effects of ship size on the controllability, and in particular how adequate ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesnautical operationsresistance and propulsionauthorities and regulatorstransport and shippingmodel testing
MagazineThree working group chairmen reflect on 50 years of CRS success
MARIN Report 126
1 Jun 2019
Reading time 12 minutes
With decades of experience between them, three longstanding chairmen share their thoughts on the importance of CRS to the maritime industry. In a ...
marine systemspassengers and yachtingtransport and shipping
MagazineTackling the challenge of hydro-structural response
MARIN Report 126
1 Jun 2019
Reading time 9 minutes
Evaluating the wave induced, structural response is of fundamental importance in the process of the design verification of a ship’s structural ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfd developmenthydrostructuralpassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingmodel testing
MagazineCooperative Research Ships celebrates 50th anniversary!
MARIN Report 126
1 Jun 2019
Reading time 12 minutes
As Cooperative Research Ships (CRS) celebrates its 50th anniversary, we talk to some of MARIN’s key figures – both past and present - about this ...
marine systemspassengers and yachtingtransport and shipping
MagazineRisk reduction by cavitation control
MARIN Report 126
1 Jun 2019
Reading time 9 minutes
As all kinds of stakeholders regarding cavitation-related issues are represented in CRS, cavitation has been a major research topic through the CRS ...
noise and vibrationresistance and propulsionmarine systemspropeller and cavitationpassengers and yachtingtransport and shipping
MagazinePropulsion design
MARIN Report 126
1 Jun 2019
Reading time 9 minutes
In the year 2030, the French Naval Architect Monique Lorand was tasked to optimise a preliminary ship design in only 24 hours - a task deemed ...
cfd developmentnoise and vibrationresistance and propulsionpowering
PaperRemodeling the B-series geometry in a CAD environment
Sixth International Symposium on Marine Propulsors (SMP’19), Rome, Italy
26 May 2019
The generation of a propeller surface in a CAD environment using non-uniform rational B-splines is described. A universal chordwise knot vector for ...
resistance and propulsioncfdpropeller and cavitationcfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperA Lagrangian analysis of scale effects on sheet cavitation inception
Sixth International Symposium on Marine Propulsors (SMP’19), Rome, Italy
26 May 2019
Sheet cavitation on foils and propellers is often initiated by free-stream bubbles. Consequently, scale effects on cavitation inception occur due to ...
propeller and cavitation
PaperValidation studies of a boundary element method for ducted propellers
Sixth International Symposium on Marine Propulsors (SMP’19), Rome, Italy
26 May 2019
This paper provides an overview of several validation studies that were carried out for a Boundary Element Method (BEM) for ducted propellers. These ...
propeller and cavitationcfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperExperimental investigation of the hydro-elastic behaviour of flexible composite propellers in non-uniform flow at model and full scale
Sixth International Symposium on Marine Propulsors (SMP’19), Rome, Italy
26 May 2019
In this paper, new developments in the measurement technology of the hydro-elastic response of flexible composite propellers are described. The ...
PaperAcoustic modelling of a propeller subject to non-uniform inflow
Sixth International Symposium on Marine Propulsors (SMP’19), Rome, Italy
26 May 2019
Understanding radiated noise from marine propellers is of interest from the point of view of mitigating sound pollution and avoiding detection. At ...
cavitation