MagazinePieter Schelte - a multi purpose model test project
MARIN Report 96
24 Apr 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN has carried out extensive model tests on the multi-purpose offshore operations vessel, Pieter Schelte. Report provides an update.
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PaperInvestigation of the resonance frequency of a cavitating vortex
NAG-DAGA International Conference on Acoustics, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
24 Apr 2009
The cavitation pattern of a modern ship propeller is often characterized by a cavitating vortex. This cavitating vortex generates low frequency hull ...
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MagazineExtreme waves exposed
MARIN Report 96
24 Apr 2009
Reading time 12 minutes
There can be few people in the world that have as much knowledge about extreme waves as Sverre Haver, StatoilHydro Senior Specialist, Structural ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seaextreme conditionsloads and responsesoffshore engineering
MagazineNew code FreSCo reveals what goes under the surface
MARIN Report 96
24 Apr 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
FreSCo is a new unsteady, multi-phase, viscous flow CFD code being developed by MARIN's R&D department. FreSCo's most recent findings are presented ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsmanoeuvringrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seadefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingsimulationsoffshore engineering
MagazineModel making to the tune of 150 a year
MARIN Report 96
24 Apr 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
Last year, MARIN built model number 8888 and propeller model 7000. Readers may well wonder just how MARIN produces an average of 120 ship models and ...
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MagazineMARIN and Oceânica work in tandem on project
MARIN Report 96
24 Apr 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN and Oce‰nica recently joined forces to study the tandem offloading operation of the first FPSO in the Gulf of Mexico for the Petrobras ...
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MagazineaNySIMpro - the future of validated multi-body simulations
MARIN Report 96
24 Apr 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
Last year MARIN introduced the aNySIMpro concept and already the new product is proving successful. Report provides an update.
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seamotionssimulationswaves & motionsoffshore engineering
Magazine2009 - The year of LNG
MARIN Report 96
24 Apr 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) has become the fastest growing sector of the world's gas market. With many large LNG
offloading projects planned this ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesmeasurements and controldata sciencesafe operations and human factorstime-domain simulationsnautical operationsrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seatransport and shippingmodel testingloads and responsesmotionsoffloadingoperabilitysimulationswaves & motionsoffshore engineering
PaperModel Scale Measurements of Surface Ship Radiated Flow Noise
NAG-DAGA International Conference on Acoustics, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
24 Mar 2009
Advances in weapon and sensor capabilities are driving an increased interest in the control of underwater signatures of naval platforms. The control ...
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PaperOn the numerical accuracy of the prediction of resistance coefficients in ship stern flow calculations
Journal of Marine Science and Technology
1 Mar 2009
This article presents a study on the accuracy of the numerical determination of the friction and pressure resistance coefficients of ship hulls. The ...
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MagazineMARIN contributes to unique Korean motorway project
MARIN Report 95
29 Jan 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
In Korea, a four-lane motorway is being constructed between the city of Busan and Geoje island, reducing travelling times from one hour by ferry to ...
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MagazineSimulator answers increasing demand for VTS training
MARIN Report 95
29 Jan 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN already commissioned its first in-house Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) simulator back in 1986. By 1998, this was
replaced by a modern, ...
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MagazineFree Running Model tests shed light on the elusive world of the submarine
MARIN Report 95
29 Jan 2009
Reading time 6 minutes
Free Running Model tests have always been in common use at MARIN, given that they offer the most accurate picture of a ship's behaviour. However, ...
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MagazineShuttle tool now ready for side-by-side Offloading Operations
MARIN Report 95
29 Jan 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
The Shuttle tool for the sim- for side-by-side Off loading Operations ulation of complex, offloading operations is now capable of side-by-side ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesmeasurements and controldata sciencetime-domain simulationsrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seamodel testingloads and responsesmooring and offloadingmotionsoffloadingsimulationsoffshore engineering
MagazineFreSCo successfully predicts flow around submarine hull
MARIN Report 95
29 Jan 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
Safety of a submarine and its crew is paramount. To understand and predict a submarine's behaviour in extreme conditions, insight into hydrodynamics ...
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