Eelco Frickel

Publications

Paper

Past, Present and Future of Hydrodynamic Research for DP Applications

1 Oct 2015

MARIN has been involved in model testing for DP vessels for almost 4 decades. In 1976 a first project was carried out in which the main propeller of ...

Magazine

OBELICS successfully concludes after two years

25 Apr 2014

Reading time 6 minutes

The OBELICS JIP results in the development of an engineering and operation simulator suitable for both designing and training purposes.

Magazine

OBELICS JIP successfully achieves goals

14 Apr 2013

Reading time 3 minutes

OBELICS, the Joint Industry Project on Operability of Ballasting and lifting operations of Extreme Loads with Integrated hydro dynamiCS, was just ...

Magazine

Deepwater pit proves popular for TLP model tests

26 Apr 2011

Reading time 3 minutes

MARIN's deepwater pit in the Offshore Basin allows modeling of TLPs, including their tendons, over the full water depth. Here, we delve the inner ...

Magazine

Complex coupled model tests for Petrobras

26 Apr 2011

Reading time 6 minutes

Model tests were carried out simultaneously on three floaters in MARIN's Offshore Basin and these were followed by two-body, coupled VIM tests in ...

Magazine

DP simulations and model testing - on the spot!

24 Apr 2009

Reading time 9 minutes

MARIN has a long history in Dynamic Positioning (DP) model testing and computer simulations. In recent years there has been increasing interest in ...

Magazine

2009 - The year of LNG

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 ...