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Progress in the prediction and mitigation of propeller cavitation noise and vibrations
Nov 16, 2020
Comfort on board passenger vessels and pleasure craft is a primary design consideration. Furthermore, underwater radiated noise from vessels is ...
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The Effect of Reynolds Number on a Developed Tip-Vortex Cavity and its Radiated Noise
Oct 19, 2020
It is well known that the inception of tip-vortex cavitation on wings and ship propellers is delayed in model tests when compared to sea trials due ...
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Risk reduction by cavitation control
Jun 1, 2019
Reading time 9 minutes
As all kinds of stakeholders regarding cavitation-related issues are represented in CRS, cavitation has been a major research topic through the CRS ...
Magazine
Propulsion design
Jun 1, 2019
Reading time 9 minutes
In the year 2030, the French Naval Architect Monique Lorand was tasked to optimise a preliminary ship design in only 24 hours - a task deemed ...
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Validation studies of a boundary element method for ducted propellers
May 26, 2019
This paper provides an overview of several validation studies that were carried out for a Boundary Element Method (BEM) for ducted propellers. These ...
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Recent Developments in Computational Methods for the Analysis of Ducted Propellers in Open Water
Aug 5, 2018
This paper presents an overview of the recent developments at IST and MARIN in applying computational methods for the hydrodynamic analysis of ...
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A semi-empirical prediction method for broadband hull-pressure fluctuations and underwater radiated noise by propeller tip vortex cavitation
May 2, 2018
A semi-empirical method is presented that predicts broadband hull-pressure fluctuations and underwater radiated noise due to propeller tip vortex ...
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Prediction of the Open-Water Performance of Ducted Propellers with a Panel Method
Mar 19, 2018
In the present work, a comparison between the results obtained by a panel code with a Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) code is made to obtain ...
Magazine
Supporting silent ships: measuring underwater radiated noise from cavitating ship propellers
Aug 17, 2017
Reading time 6 minutes
Have you ever had problems talking to someone in a noisy environment such as a busy restaurant? The same happens to marine animals, which use sound ...
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A Semi-Empirical Method to Predict Broadband Hull Pressure Fluctuations and Underwater Radiated Noise
Jun 12, 2017
A semi-empirical method to predict broadband hull pressure fluctuations and underwater radiated noise by cavitating tip vorticesA semi-empirical ...
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Validation of computational and experimental prediction methods
Sep 4, 2016
Validation of computational and experimental prediction methods for the underwater radiated noise of a small research vesselModel tests and ...
Magazine
Accurate predictions for noise levels of cavitating propellers now possible
Aug 19, 2016
Reading time 6 minutes
As underwater radiated noise levels in the oceans increases, MARIN has investigated just how much cavitating propellers are to blame.
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Suppression Of underwater Noise Induced by Cavitation: SONIC
Apr 18, 2016
In EU FP7 project SONIC, partners set out in October 2012 to study the underwater radiated noise of ships and shipping. This paper gives an overview ...
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Influence Of Local And Adaptive Mesh Refinement On The Tip Vortex Characteristics Of A Wing And Propeller
Jun 15, 2015
Two different methods to obtain nearly grid independent solutions for tip vortex flow were tested for a wing and a propeller.
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Computational and Experimental Prediction of Propeller Cavitation Noise
May 21, 2015
Computational and experimental methods for the prediction of underwater-radiated noise due to propeller cavitation as in use at MARIN are discussed ...
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Underwater radiated noise measurements with a silent towing carriage in the depressurized wave basin
Sep 1, 2013
Reading time 4 minutes
Because of the increasing interest in underwater radiated noise levels of ships, noise mitigation measures have been applied to the new secondary ...
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A Comparison of Panel Method and RANS Calculations for a Ducted Propeller System in Open-Water
May 5, 2013
In this paper, a comparison between results of a panel method and a RANS solver is made for a ducted propeller system in open-water. The panel ...
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Scale effects on hull pressure fluctuations due to cavitating propellers
Oct 1, 2012
In this paper we describe several scale effects that may occur on cavitating propellers and the resulting (low-frequency) hull pressure fluctuations.
Magazine
Silence is golden... especially underwater
Apr 20, 2012
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN introduces a new silent towing carriage in a bid to further the industry's knowledge about underwater-radiated noise.
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Open-Water Thrust and Torque Predictions of a Ducted Propeller System With a Panel Method
Jun 15, 2011
This paper discusses several modelling aspects which are important for the performance predictions of a ducted propulsor with a low-order Panel ...
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On the influence of viscous effects on 2-D cavitating vortices
Oct 11, 2010
This paper describes the influence of viscous effects on an axisymmetric cavitating vortex in 2-D viscous incompressible flow in steady and unsteady ...
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Modeling and analysis of a cavitating vortex in 2D unsteady viscous flow
Aug 17, 2009
Two models, one analytical and other computational, are developed to describe an axisymmetriccavitating vortex in two-dimensional, unsteady, ...
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Investigation of hull pressure fluctuations generated by cavitating vortices
Jun 22, 2009
The paper describes an ongoing research program at MARIN for the investigation of low frequency hull pressure fluctuations caused by cavitating ...
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Investigation of the resonance frequency of a cavitating vortex
Apr 24, 2009
Existing measurement data of the pressure fluctuations suggest the presence of a resonance frequency generating hull pressure fluctuations. The ...
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Model Scale Measurements of Surface Ship Radiated Flow Noise
Mar 24, 2009
Flow noise has been investigated by the collaborative US-NL project Mechanisms and Prediction of Surface Ship Radiated Flow Noise. The paper will ...
Magazine
Surface Ship Radiated Flow Noise project completed
Jan 29, 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
Advances in weapon and sensor capabilities are driving an increased interest in the control of underwater signatures of naval platforms.
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Similarity solutions for viscous cavitating vortices
Dec 1, 2008
Two models, one analytical and other computational, are developed to describe an axisymmetriccavitating vortex in two-dimensional, unsteady, ...
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Similarity solutions for viscous cavitating vortex cores
Jun 29, 2008
Theoretical analysis of the dynamic behavior of cavitating vortices requires knowledge of the velocity distribution in the vortex core. For that ...
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Analysis of inertial waves on inviscid cavitating vortices in relation to low-frequency radiated noise
Jun 9, 2008
The dispersion relation of inertial waves on inviscid cavitating vortices ('Kelvin waves') is reconsidered and extended to include the influence of ...
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Computational Analysis of Propeller Sheet Cavitation and Propeller Ship Interaction
Mar 26, 2008
This paper describes a computational procedure which is being developed for the practical analysis of propeller sheetcavitation and propeller-ship ...
Magazine
PROCAL beats the panel!
Oct 17, 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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Broadband hull pressure fluctuations and cavitating vortices - an investigation of resonance frequencies
Sep 9, 2007
This paper presents new findings obtained in an ongoing research program at MARIN, which concerns cavitating tip vortices on ship propellers and the ...
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Influence of the reduced frequency on the 2-D partial sheet cavitation behaviour for a foil in a gust
Sep 1, 2006
This paper presents a numerical study of the influence of the reduced frequency on the 2-D partial sheet cavitation behaviourfor a foil operating in ...
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A verification study on low-order three-dimensional potential-based panel codes
Jan 9, 2006
A verification study of two different panel codes for three-dimensional potential flow is performed by grid convergence studies. The two codes used ...
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Validation of a BEM for modelling steady sheet cavitation on marine propellers
Jun 1, 2005
The current paper presents results obtained with a 3-D boundary element method which is being developed for the analysis of cavitating marine ...
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A study on the modeling of marine propeller tip flows using BEM
Jan 1, 2005
It has been recognized [1] that Boundary Element Methods (BEM) are able to predict the pres-sure distribution in the steady case with reasonable ...
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Surface ship underwater radiated flow noise
Jan 1, 2005
An increasing focus on naval operations in littoral waters and the advances in weapon and sensor capabilities are driving an increased interest in ...
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Unsteady effects in 2D modelling of partial cavitation using BEM
Jan 1, 2004
The authors have developed 2D steady and unsteady models for partial sheet cavitation analysis based on the Boundary Element Method (BEM). Using ...
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