MagazineTackling the growing plastic pollution problem
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
The Ocean Cleanup has developed and built the first prototype of a free-floating cleanup system that will be placed in the North Pacific gyre to ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringrenewableslife at sea
MagazineExploring the potential of floating solar energy
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
Solar energy is an important alternative energy source but in a densely populated country like the Netherlands the space for solar parks is very ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringlife at seamodel testingoffshore basin
MagazineMARIN assists in the transition to zero-emission inland shipping
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
MARIN is investigating the transition towards zero-emission inland shipping in cooperation with the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water. They ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringsustainable propulsionrenewablesemissioninland shippingenergy saving
MagazineFuture proofing fish farming
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 12 minutes
Viewpoint Seafarm and the Spider Cage concepts are both innovative, offshore fish farm solutions based on semisubmersible technology. Viewpoint ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringlife at seamodel testingoffshore basin
MagazineNew Zero Emissions Lab for pioneering research
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN has developed a research and configuration test environment: the Zero Emission Lab (ZEL). Our competences of hydrodynamics will be united with ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringsustainable propulsionrenewablesemissioninland shippingenergy saving
MagazineThe blue future - Horizon 2020 project Space@Sea
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
The majority of the world’s population lives in coastal areas where space has always been a commodity. In the near future, the waterfront may ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringlife at seamodel testing
PaperOn the use of the γ−R˜eθt transition model for the prediction of the propeller performance at model-scale
Ocean Engineering
15 Dec 2018
The goal of the present work is to improve the prediction of propeller performance at model-scale using a local correlation transition model. ...
propellermodel testing
MagazineMulti-use concept development for seaweed and floating solar energy production around wind turbines
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
The offshore environment holds many opportunities for the production of both energy and food. Wind energy will be produced in large quantities on ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringlife at seaoffshore windwind propulsionfloating wind turbinerenewable energywind farms
MagazineAssessing the impact of offshore wind farms in the North Sea by using SAMSON
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
MARIN is assisting the Dutch government with policy making issues concerning the development of offshore wind farms. Currently we are examining all ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringrenewablesoffshore windtraffic and safetytransport and shippingsafety
PaperCFD, potential flow and system-based simulations of fully appended free running 5415M in calm water and waves
International Shipbuilding Progress
4 Dec 2018
The seakeeping ability of ships is one of the aspects that needs to be assessed during the design phase of ships. Traditionally, potential flow ...
cfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsseakeeping
PaperPrediction methods for team akzonobel in the volvo ocean race and wind assisted ship propulsion for merchant vessels
25th International HISWA Symposium on Yacht Design and Yacht Construction, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
12 Nov 2018
MARIN, team AkzoNobel and STEAM Ocean initiated the “W!ND” Joint Industry project with other partners to provide speed predictions and advice on ...
cfd/simulation/desk studiesresistance and propulsionrenewablesmodel testingblue growth
PaperChaotic multigrid methods for the solution of elliptic equations
Computer Physics Communications
10 Nov 2018
Supercomputer power has been doubling approximately every 14 months for several decades, increasing the capabilities of scientific modelling at a ...
simulationscfdcfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperRobust thrust allocation algorithm considering hydrodynamic interactions and actuator physical limitations
Journal of Marine Science and Technology
9 Nov 2018
The dynamic positioning (DP) system is responsible for the station keeping of vessels in several offshore operations. The forces required by the DP ...
dynamic positioningmanoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringmeasurements and controltime-domain simulationscfdoil and gascfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperOn the analysis of RANS-based full-scale power predictions
Full Scale Ship Performance, London, UK
24 Oct 2018
Power predictions for the test case of the 2016 LR Workshop on Ship Scale Hydrodynamic Computer Simulation have been carried out to simulate the ...
cfdanalysis and predictioncfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperJores jip – A unique joint industry project to close the knowledge gap on ship hydrodynamics
Full Scale Ship Performance Conference, London, UK
24 Oct 2018
With the implementation of new environmental regulations, the shipping industry is challenged and hence highly motivated to explore new energy ...
cfd developmentpoweringmonitoring