MagazineA simulation tool to optimise tandem offloading operations
MARIN Report 91
1 Apr 2007
Reading time 6 minutes
In 2005, the three-year Joint Industry Project 'Offloading Operability'1 was completed and was
successful in its aim of developing a tool for the ...
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MagazineNjord Gas Export project
MARIN Report 91
1 Apr 2007
Reading time 3 minutes
Imagine one of the largest crane vessels in the world ÐSaipemÕs S7000 Ð lifting and installing two gas modules onto a large floating production unit ...
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MagazineMARIN's next top models
MARIN Report 91
1 Apr 2007
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN is continuously developing modelling techniques to assist clients in optimising their DP configurations. Two examples of recent projects are ...
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MagazineArjan Voogt, MARIN's new man in Houston
MARIN Report 91
1 Apr 2007
Reading time 3 minutes
Last year, with Dr Johan Wichers retirement approaching, MARIN re-evaluated its services in the Houston-market and asked Arjan Voogt to take up the ...
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MagazineDeep pit attracts full-tendon Shenzi TLP
MARIN Report 91
1 Apr 2007
Reading time 3 minutes
With its deep pit of 30 metres, the Offshore Basin offers the possibility of testing TLPs with their full-tendon length, even in ultra-deep waters. ...
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MagazineFSPO industry set to flock to Houston for 19th Research Forum and JIP Week
MARIN Report 91
1 Apr 2007
Reading time 6 minutes
FPSO researchers and developers from around the world will meet in Houston during the 19th FPSO Research Forum and JIP week, April 23 to 27. This ...
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MagazineExtreme waves in focus
MARIN Report 91
1 Apr 2007
Reading time 9 minutes
Hurricanes Ivan, Katrina and Rita in the Gulf of Mexico confirmed the importance of extreme waves for all types of offshore structures. They can ...
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MagazineA new way of sharing hydrodynamic software
MARIN Report 91
1 Apr 2007
Reading time 6 minutes
Usually, hydrodynamic software is licensed for a significant amount of money, together with an additional annual maintenance and support fee. But ...
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MagazineMARIN conducts Thunder Hawk VIM testing
MARIN Report 91
1 Apr 2007
Reading time 3 minutes
In the last six to seven years, MARIN has extended its model test experience into Vortex Induced Motions (VIM) on Spars and Deep Draft ...
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PaperHydrodynamic advice of Sailing Yachts through Seakeeping Study
18th Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium, Annapolis, Maryland, USA
1 Mar 2007
The paper presents the different techniques to study seakeeping behavior and performance of sailing yachts. Such techniques involve both numerical ...
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PaperA manufactured solution for a two-dimensional steady wall-bounded incompressible turbulent flow
International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics
1 Mar 2007
This paper presents a manufactured solution (MS), resembling a two-dimensional, steady, wallbounded, incompressible, turbulent flow for RANS codes ...
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PaperHydro-Elastic Criterion for Practical Design
PRADS, Houston
23 Feb 2007
A new hydro-elastic criterion which can be used inpractical design of marine structures is proposed in thispaper. By application of this criterion a ...
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PaperSimulation of Towing Operation Risks
The 18th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL2007), Stavanger, Norway
9 Feb 2007
The SafeTrans Joint Industry Project (JIP) was founded in 1997 to develop an improved, PC based method for transport and tow engineering. The ...
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Magazine'Creating' succes
MARIN Report
1 Feb 2007
Reading time 3 minutes
All is not as it first appears in the world of inland and shorsea shipping.
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MagazineSAFETUG provides first conclusions
MARIN Report 90
1 Feb 2007
Reading time 3 minutes
The tug industry is extremely busy and changing rapidly. Healthy order books are filled with interesting and innovative designs.
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