MagazineCFD casts new light on transom stern design
MARIN Report 94
22 Aug 2008
Reading time 3 minutes
Today most motor yachts, ferries and container ships are designed with
a wide transom stern. Transom stern design can have a large effect on fuel ...
cfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studies
MagazineServing innovation and improving engineering standards in luxury yachting
MARIN Report 94
22 Aug 2008
Reading time 6 minutes
With increasing demand for larger, unique, multi-utility, environmentally-friendly and more comfortable yachts, the industry answers with incredible ...
passengers and yachting
MagazineMY Predator Cutting-edge yacht design
MARIN Report 94
22 Aug 2008
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FEADSHIP recently answered a request for a motor yacht with an innovative reversed bow flare.
It took up the challenge in the design and build of MY ...
measurements and controldata sciencepassengers and yachtingmodel testingmonitoringfull scale
MagazineCreate3s: Reducing costs for shortsea shipping
MARIN Report 94
22 Aug 2008
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MARIN is participating in the EU project Create3s, which aims to bring down the cost of shortsea shipping by introducing new manufacturing and ...
MagazineInnovative hull design brings victory again
MARIN Report 94
22 Aug 2008
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Delft University Solar Boat Team wins Frisian Solar Challenge for the second time
MagazineService Performance Analysis helps cut fuel costs
MARIN Report 94
22 Aug 2008
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Soaring oil prices have a huge impact on the shipping industry. For most vessels, bunker costs now account for more than half of their operational ...
MagazineFuel saving by hydrodynamic design
MARIN Report 94
22 Aug 2008
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Soaring fuel costs and the growing need for sustainability has caused an unprecedented demand for a reduction in fuel consumption. Report asks if ...
sustainable propulsionresistance and propulsionmarine systemspoweringpropeller design
MagazineChallenging wind and waves - their impact on fuel consumption
MARIN report 94
22 Aug 2008
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In challenging wind and waves ships experience loss of speed. This can be 'voluntary', to reduce slamming and severe ship motions, or involuntary ...
MagazineShip emissions in the port of Rotterdam revealed by AIS data
MARIN Report 94
22 Aug 2008
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The Dutch government wants to reduce pollution from ships in the North Sea and to this end it is keen to get a better understanding of ships' ...
MagazineMY Wheels - An expedition through MARIN's services
MARIN Report 94
22 Aug 2008
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For the 50m expedition vessel MY Wheels, MARIN assisted its designer Vripack¨ with design consultancy and model testing. Work focused on propulsive ...
MagazineIs slowing down always the answer to combat soaring oil prices?
MARIN Report 94
22 Aug 2008
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Towering bunker prices are clearly here to stay and they will finally lead to either lowering vessel design speeds, or to a further increase in ...
MagazineFuel savings for DP vessels
MARIN Report 94
22 Aug 2008
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Dynamic positioning is a well-adapted technology in oil and gas production. It enables new reserves to be explored and exploited in ever more remote ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesmeasurements and controldata sciencedynamic positioningmodel testing
MagazineSaving while sailing
MARIN Report 94
22 Aug 2008
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MARIN hosted the launch of the 'Inland shipping fuel saving competition' which has been initiated by the VoortVarend Besparen (Full Sail Ahead with ...
PaperDeriving mathematical manoeuvring models for bare ship hulls using viscous flow calculations
Journal of Marine Science and Technology
23 Jul 2008
To assess the manoeuvrability of ships at the early design stage, reliable simulation models are required. Traditionally, these tools have used ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesmanoeuvringcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiescfd
PaperSimilarity solutions for viscous cavitating vortex cores
Cavitation: Turbo-machinery & Medical Applications, WIMRC FORUM 2008, Coventry, UK
7 Jul 2008
Theoretical analysis of the dynamic behavior of cavitating vortices requires knowledge of the velocity distribution in the vortex core. For that ...
sustainable propulsioncfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsnoise and vibrationresistance and propulsionresearch and developmentsimulationsresearch