PaperCurrent Status of Wind Load Calculations with CFD
The 28th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE), Sapporo, Japan
10 Jun 2018
In this paper the current status is presented for accurate and fast determination of wind load coefficients using Computational Fluid Dynamics ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringcfdmanoeuvringoffshore operationsoil and gascfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperOn the importance of service conditions and safety in ship design
13th International Marine Design Conference (IMDC 2018), Helsinki, Finland
10 Jun 2018
A good ship design is a balanced design, in which the performance is not limited (or outperformed) by one specific characteristic. Today’s state of ...
PaperDesign, analysis and verification of a volume-of-fluid model with interface-capturing scheme
Computers & Fluids
15 May 2018
The Volume-of-Fluid (VoF) model with interface-capturing scheme, available in many commercial and open-source CFD packages, may be widely used for ...
cfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperImproving an Already Optimized Ship by Making its Stern Asymmetric
17th Conference on Computer Applications and Information Technology in the Maritime Industries (COMPIT’18), Pavone, Italy
14 May 2018
A container ship with a large area propeller is optimized for minimal power and maximum quality of the inflow to the propeller. Both object ...
propeller
PaperCombining the Augmented Lagrangian Preconditioner with the Simple Schur Complement Approximation
SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing
10 May 2018
The augmented Lagrangian (AL) preconditioner and its variants have been successfully applied to solve saddle point systems arising from the ...
cfd
PaperExperimental validation of fluid–structure interaction computations of flexible composite propellers in open water conditions using BEM-FEM and rans-fem methods
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
7 May 2018
In the past several decades, many papers have been published on fluid–structure coupled calculations to analyse the hydro-elastic response of ...
measurements and controlpropeller
PaperA semi-empirical prediction method for broadband hull-pressure fluctuations and underwater radiated noise by propeller tip vortex cavitation
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
2 May 2018
A semi-empirical method is presented that predicts broadband hull-pressure fluctuations and underwater radiated noise due to propeller tip vortex ...
cfd/simulation/desk studiesnoise and vibrationresistance and propulsionpropeller and cavitationpropeller
MagazineSoftware-in-the-Loop provides valuable alternative to traditional offshore wind model testing
MARIN Report 123
25 Apr 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
Since 2003, MARIN has built up an extensive trackrecordin testing floating wind turbines. To date, themain method for model testing has been based ...
renewableslife at sea
MagazineKOMtech’s new semisubmersible design under test in the Offshore Basin
MARIN Report 124
25 Apr 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
To make offshore operations economically viable in the present challenging oil market, high operability is required. In order to achieve this Keppel ...
offshore operationsoil and gasmodel testingoffshoreoperabilityoffshore basin
MagazineCNIM asks MARIN to verify the performance of a new SWATH design
MARIN Report 123
25 Apr 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
With a growing demand for wind farm support vessels, Constructions Industrielles de la Méditerranée (CNIM) has developed a SWATH design with the aim ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringrenewableslife at sea
MagazineSPOWTT focuses on offshore wind farm transits in a bid to improve safety & productivity
MARIN Report 123
25 Apr 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
A consortium of European offshore wind and maritime industry players has initiated the project ‘improving Safety and Productivity of Offshore Wind ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuraloil and gas
MagazineModel tests for the world’s first deepwater FLNG
MARIN Report 123
25 Apr 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN recently carried out a model test campaign on a FLNG that is expected to be the first deep-water FLNG in the world. The FLNG will be a ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuraloil and gas
MagazineSuccessful delivery of the Boskalis Bokalift1 simulator
MARIN Report 123
25 Apr 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
The former Dockwise heavy lifting vessel “Finesse” of the Boskalis fleet was converted into the heavy lift crane vessel “Bokalift1” last year. ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiescfd/simulation/desk studiestransport and shipping
MagazineNew phase of Monitas Group project welcomes 7th FPSO
MARIN Report 123
25 Apr 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
Bluewater contracted MARIN for the installation of an Advisory Hull Monitoring System (AHMS) on board the Aoka Mizu FPSO last December. The addition ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralmonitoring
MagazineManaging operational expectations
MARIN Report 123
25 Apr 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
Many design choices for floating offshore installations are driven by expected operational performance. Design studies help to understand ...
cfd/simulation/desk studiessafe operations and human factors