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Robert Heerink

Senior Project Manager

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Publications
Magazine
MARIN investigates VIM response of semi-submersible floaters

20 Dec 2023

MARIN develops a novel co-simulation approach to assess the effect of mooring and risers on the Vortex Induced Motion (VIM) response of a ...
Paper
Investigating the Effect of Damping Originating from Mooring and Risers on the VIM Response of a Semi-Submersible Floater Using Coupled CFD-Time-Domain Simulations

1 May 2023

The Vortex Induced Motion (VIM) response of multi-column semi-submersible floaters may have a significant impact on the predicted fatigue life of ...
Magazine
Highly efficient Tension Leg Platform design, testing and analysis

30 Apr 2015

Reading time 6 minutes

MARIN tested HessÕ Stampede Tension Leg Platform (TLP) in the Offshore Basin in waves, wind and current in 2014. A thorough, 30-day test programme ...
Magazine
Efforts to improve the modelling of thrusters continue

14 Apr 2013

Reading time 3 minutes

MARIN uses thrusters in many projects. For a typical model scale, around 1:50 to 1:60, relatively small thrusters are required. Thrusters for these ...
Magazine
Multiple scales give maximum insight

24 Apr 2009

Reading time 6 minutes

In the process of evaluating an offshore structure during its design or while in operation, model tests, simulations and offshore (full-scale) ...
Magazine
ComFLOW used for green water assessment Ningaloo Vision FPSO

24 Apr 2009

Reading time 3 minutes

MARIN has been awarded a contract by Prosafe Production Services Pte Ltd to perform a numerical study for the green water assessment of the Ningaloo ...