Services & Activities
The Ships Seakeeping experts deal with all possible topics related to the behaviour of a ship in waves. These topics range from the overall study of the motions of a vessel to more delicate issues such as the investigation of accelerations due to slamming and vibrations. The list below provides a non-exhaustive description of our different fields of expertise:
- Seakeeping hydrodynamics (rigid-body behaviour, rolling, parametric roll, course keeping in waves, wave loads, impact loading, intact stability, damaged stability, wave added resistance, motion-control, propeller loading in waves and moonpool behaviour)
- Performance and risk (criteria for tolerable ship behaviour, climate descriptions, operability analysis, crew and passenger comfort assessment, scenario simulations and transport analysis)
- Hull concepts (conventional mono-hulls, high-speed monohulls, catamarans & trimarans, SWATH, SES, Air Cavity Ships, foil assisted ships and hydrofoils)
- Specific ship types (motor yachts, cruise ships, ferry/ro-ro/ro-pax ships, heavy load & dock-ships, container ships, offshore supply & support vessels, crane vessels, cable & pipe laying vessels, patrol vessels, frigates, air-craft carriers, amphibic transport ships, landing craft, conventional and open-top container vessels, tankers and bulk carriers)
The above know-how is used in ship design and operation as well as research for rule and tool development. Some sample applications are listed below:
- General seakeeping tests and calculations to assess the general ship motions and special topics as water on deck and compliance with the regulations for open-top vessels.
- Passengers comfort aboard cruise vessels and yachts
- Downtime analysis for work ships that include moon pools
- Loads on decks of catamarans and trimarans
- Seakeeping performance of amphibious vehicles
- RHIB and FRC recovery
- Analysis of sailing schedule and weather routing
Recent MARIN papers
Prediction of added resistance of ships in waves under further scrutiny
Reint Dallinga, MARIN Report, 2011
Manoeuvring and Seakeeping Tests for 5415M
Toxopeus, S.L., Walree, F. van, and Hallmann, R., NATO AVT-189 Specialists Meeting on "Assessment of Stability and Control Prediction Methods for NATO Air and Sea Vehicles", Portsdown-West, UK, 2011
CFD, Potential Flow, and System-Based Simulations of Course Keeping in Calm Water and Seakeeping in Regular Waves for 5415M
Stern, F., Toxopeus, S.L., Visonneau, M., Guilmineau, E., Lin, W.-M. and Grigoropoulos, G., NATO AVT-189 Specialists Meeting on "Assessment of Stability and Control Prediction Methods for NATO Air and Sea Vehicles", Portsdown-West, UK, 2011
Reducing Added Resistance of Ships in Waves
Dallinga, R.P., Bunnik, T.H.J. and Montgolfier, E. de, Greenship 2011, Wuxi, China, 2011
Validation of Time Domain Seakeeping Codes for a Destroyer Hull Form Operating in Steep Stern-quartering Seas
Walree F. van, Carette N.F.A.J., ITTC, 2010
Reint Dallinga, MARIN Report, 2011
Manoeuvring and Seakeeping Tests for 5415M
Toxopeus, S.L., Walree, F. van, and Hallmann, R., NATO AVT-189 Specialists Meeting on "Assessment of Stability and Control Prediction Methods for NATO Air and Sea Vehicles", Portsdown-West, UK, 2011
CFD, Potential Flow, and System-Based Simulations of Course Keeping in Calm Water and Seakeeping in Regular Waves for 5415M
Stern, F., Toxopeus, S.L., Visonneau, M., Guilmineau, E., Lin, W.-M. and Grigoropoulos, G., NATO AVT-189 Specialists Meeting on "Assessment of Stability and Control Prediction Methods for NATO Air and Sea Vehicles", Portsdown-West, UK, 2011
Reducing Added Resistance of Ships in Waves
Dallinga, R.P., Bunnik, T.H.J. and Montgolfier, E. de, Greenship 2011, Wuxi, China, 2011
Validation of Time Domain Seakeeping Codes for a Destroyer Hull Form Operating in Steep Stern-quartering Seas
Walree F. van, Carette N.F.A.J., ITTC, 2010
Contact
The Ships Manoeuvring and Seakeeping Department can be reached as follows:
Ships Seakeeping and Manoeuvring Department,
2, Haagsteeg
P.O. Box 28
6700 AA Wageningen
The Netherlands
Phone +31 317 49 34 20
Fax. +31 317 49 32 45
E-mail secretariatseakeeping-manoeuvring@marin.nl
The Ships Manoeuvring and Seakeeping Department can be reached as follows:
Ships Seakeeping and Manoeuvring Department,
2, Haagsteeg
P.O. Box 28
6700 AA Wageningen
The Netherlands
Phone +31 317 49 34 20
Fax. +31 317 49 32 45
E-mail secretariatseakeeping-manoeuvring@marin.nl