MagazineNorway FPSO Forum to focus on harsh environments
MARIN Report 93
1 Apr 2008
Reading time 6 minutes
As FPSO designers, developers and researchers prepare to meet in Trondheim for the 21st FPSO Research Forum and JIP Week, Report provides a preview ...
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Magazinee-MARIN - a new way of working
MARIN Report 93
1 Apr 2008
Reading time 3 minutes
Report interviews Ir. Enrico Della Valentina, project manager of e-MARIN - the first completely web-based hydrodynamic service in the world. ...
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PaperTradeoffs in ship propulsion control - engine overloading and cavitation inception in operational conditions
9th International Naval Engineering Conference and Exhibition (INEC), Hamburg, Germany
1 Apr 2008
Off-design conditions can have a severe impact on ship propulsion system behaviour. Resistance increase for instance leads to a higher engine ...
sustainable propulsionresistance and propulsionmarine systemspoweringdefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingresearch and developmentcavitationpropeller designpropulsionresearch
PaperCase studies of ocean transports using the SafeTrans simulator
Royal Ibstitution of Naval Archutects (RINA), London, UK
29 Mar 2008
SafeTrans is a recently developed software package that calculates motions imposed by winds, waves, and currents on large vessels, barges, ...
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PaperTowards a CFD-based prediction of ship performance - progress in predicting full-scale resistance and scale effects
RINA MARINE CFD Conference, Southampton, UK
26 Mar 2008
This paper discusses scale effects on the viscous and wave resistance of ships, as found from CFD computations; and compares these with the usual ...
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PaperComputational Analysis of Propeller Sheet Cavitation and Propeller Ship Interaction
RINA conference ’MARINE CFD2008’, Southampton, UK
26 Mar 2008
This paper describes a computational procedure which is being developed for the practical analysis of propeller sheetcavitation and propeller-ship ...
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PaperModel Tests and Computer Simulations for Njord FPU Gas Module Installation
Marine Operations Specialty Symposium (MOSS2008), Singapore
1 Mar 2008
Recently, two gas modules have been installed on the Njord FPU, on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, to enable gas exports from the Njord Field ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesmeasurements and controldata sciencetime-domain simulationsdynamic positioningrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seatransport and shippingmodel testingmonitoringlifting and decommissioningmotionsfull scalesimulationswaves & motionsoffshore engineering
PaperWeather routing - uncertainties and the effect of decision support systems
Marine Operations Specialty Symposium (MOSS), Singapore
1 Mar 2008
Weather routing of ships is traditionally done on basis of climatology, e.g. avoiding the higher latitudes with winter storm tracks on North ...
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PaperCode Verification And Validation of Calculations with RANS Solvers
NATO MP-AVT-147 Symposium on Computational Uncertainty in Military Vehicle Design, Athens, Greece
3 Dec 2007
This paper focus on three aspects of Verification of RANS solvers: Code Verification with the Method of the Manufactured Solutions (MMS); evaluation ...
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PaperComputational Predictions vs. Model Testing for a High Speed Vessel with Lifting Bodies
SNAME Maritime Technology Conference & Expo and Ship Production Symposium, Houston, TX, USA
13 Nov 2007
Current transformational naval philosophy of operations is demanding increased performance from naval vessels, requiring vessels to travel at higher ...
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MagazineHydro-Testing Alliance celebrates first anniversary!
MARIN Report 92
18 Oct 2007
Reading time 3 minutes
Hydro-Testing Alliance (HTA) is the European Network of Excellence" to facilate th continuation of world leadership of the European hydrodynamic ...
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MagazineMARIN is 75 !
MARIN Report 92
18 Oct 2007
Reading time 6 minutes
Historic milestones, opportunities and challenges at special symposium Future waves". Report takes a look at this unique celebration."
MagazinePROCAL beats the panel!
MARIN Report 92
17 Oct 2007
Reading time 6 minutes
With the increase in fuel prices, interest in efficient ship propulsors is rapidly growing but the last couple of decades an opposite trend also can ...
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MagazineSAFETUG I successfully concludes but SAFETUG II prepares to launch
MARIN Report 92
17 Oct 2007
Reading time 3 minutes
As the very successful SAFETUG I joint industry project draws to a close, SAFETUG II is following sharp on its heels. This time the focus will be on ...
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MagazineLamnalco installs Compact Manoeuvring Simulator as vital training aid
MARIN Report 92
17 Oct 2007
Reading time 3 minutes
After two years of successfully using the full mission simulators at MSCN for training its Tugmasters, in May, 2006, Lamnalco decided to place an ...
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