Publications
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Combining numerical and experimental methods to explain ship-bank interactions - MASHCON7
18 May 2025
Bank effects refer to the suction and repulsion forces a ship experiences when sailing near a bank. Recently, various factors have driven the ...
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Numerical calculation of hydrodynamic forces on inland waterway vessels during circular motion in shallow and extreme shallow waters
21 Dec 2024
This study evaluates various numerical setups for accurately calculating hydrodynamic forces for inland waterway vessels navigating in shallow and ...
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Bow thruster analysis by CFD calculations
31 Oct 2023
MARIN invests much time and effort in improving simulation methods for manoeuvrability predictions. Ensuring that ships can operate safely in ...
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Estimating Berthing Performance of Twin Shaft Ship by means of CFD
22 Sep 2019
Estimating ship low-speed manoeuvrability is a crucial and challeng-ing task especially in early design sign stage. It is essential in case of ...
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Influence of Skeg on Ship Manoeuvrability at High and Low Speeds
22 Sep 2019
This paper presents the results of manoeuvring model tests and CFD calculations for a twin-screw ferry with different skeg lengths. The impact of ...
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Trim wedge optimization with viscous free surface computations
4 Sep 2016
A procedure for automatic optimization of a ship hull and trim wedge is described, that is based on an evaluation of a series of hull form/trim ...
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Ship optimization using viscous flow computations in combination with generic shape variations and Design of Experiments
4 Sep 2016
Today, optimization procedures based on CFD-computations are used more and more in practical ship design projects. Potential-flow solvers are used ...