Screening wave conditions for the occurrence of green water events on sailing ships
15 Aug 2021
Design loads for extreme wave events on ships, such as slamming and green water, are hard to define. These events depend on details in the incoming ...
Paper
Non-Linear Wave Run-Up Along the Side of Sailing Ships Causing Green Water on Deck - Experiments and Deterministic Calculation
1 Aug 2020
Experiments with a flat plate in oblique waves at different speeds, wave conditions, headings and drift speed were done to evaluate non-linear wave ...
Paper
Linking Experimental and Numerical Wave Modelling
13 Mar 2020
Experimental or numerical analysis of the response of ships and other floating structures starts with correct environmental modelling. The ...
Magazine
Screening for extreme wave events
21 Jan 2020
Reading time 6 minutes
Extreme waves can have significant consequences for ships and offshore structures at sea. When hit by a wave local damage may occur, personnel may ...
Paper
Influence of wave variability on ship response during deterministically repeated seakeeping tests at forward speed
23 Sep 2019
In order to validate numerical results or verify design choices using experiments, knowledge about the experimental variability is essential. This ...
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Variability in Encountered Waves During Deterministically Repeated Seakeeping Tests at Forward Speed
9 Jun 2019
Numerical seakeeping codes for ships at forward speed in waves are often validated or tuned based on experiments, which makes knowledge about the ...
Magazine
Wave buoy measurements on a hexapod
17 Aug 2017
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN has recently expanded its facilities with a hexapod. This system can be used to generate forced oscillations in six degrees of freedom, either ...
Paper
Wave-induced current in a seakeeping basin
12 Jul 2017
During tests in MARIN’s wave basins, it was observed that large-scale current patterns may develop under the influence of wave generation and ...
Paper
How to deal with basin modes when generating irregular waves on shallow water
19 Jun 2016
Modeling shallow-water waves in a basin with a finite length and width introduces challenges related to low-frequency (LF) waves, especially for ...
Magazine
A focus on waves
30 Apr 2015
Reading time 6 minutes
For model tests, the correct generation of a realistic representation of a natural wave field is vital, as the environmental conditions determine ...
Paper
Improvement of shallow-water basin wave generation using ‘anti-waves’
13 Jun 2014
The demand for hydrodynamic research facilities to correctly model shallow-water effects associated with lowfrequency (LF) waves increases. ...
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Evaluation of directional analysis methods for low-frequency waves to predict LNGC motion response in nearshore areas
9 Jun 2013
Because LNG terminals are located increasingly close to shore, the importance of shallow-water effects associated with low-frequency (LF) waves ...