MagazineTesting Aikido Technologies self-installing floating wind turbine
MARIN Report 138
20 Dec 2024
Aikido Technologies is designing a floating wind concept that is optimised to handle the installation and logistics challenges faced by the ...
floating windfloating wind turbine
PaperQuantifying the Uncertainty of High-Fidelity Speed/Power Trials
8th Hull Performance & Insight Conference (HullPIC), Pontignano, Italy
18 Apr 2024
Within the JoRes Joint Research project, the uncertainty levels for a speed/power trial was investigated. The sea trials were performed as ...
resistance and propulsionmeasurements and controlpoweringmonitoring
MagazineNevesbu HVDC Substation concept model tests at MARIN
MARIN Report 139
29 Mar 2024
According to expectations, 1,800 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy will be generated by 2050 worldwide, of which 250 GW will be produced by ...
offshoreoffshore windoffshore energy
MagazineWave basin tests to demonstrate an integrated floating breakwater and solar farm concept
MARIN Report 139
29 Mar 2024
The Horizon Europe project SUREWAVE (2022-2025) aims to develop a floating solar farm for offshore environments. An existing design of ...
floating solaroffshoreoffshore energy
MagazineManoeuvring and seakeeping with wind propulsion
MARIN Report 139
29 Mar 2024
The market introduction of wind propulsion continues to accelerate with the fleet of commercial ships equipped doubling in the last year. And if ...
wind propulsion
MagazineScreening to find critical wave events for green water and slamming
MARIN Report 139
29 Mar 2024
Recent accidents underline the importance of designing for loads that occur due to extreme waves impacting marine structures. This was illustrated ...
wave measurementsslammingcfd
MagazineCan a computer learn to sail an Optimist with AI?
MARIN Report 139
29 Mar 2024
Put a child in an Optimist and it will learn how to sail intuitively, without understanding the details of aerodynamics and hydrodynamics. This ...
data sciencetime-domain simulationsai
PaperPropeller Load Variations for Maneuvering Ships in Waves
Eighth International Symposium on Marine Propulsors (smp’24), Berlin, Germany
20 Mar 2024
This paper presents a method that can predict the load variations on propellers of ships that are maneuvering in waves. A two time-scales approach ...
propeller designpropulsionpropeller and cavitation
PaperA Numerical Study on Model Propeller Performance Prediction Including Transitional and Passively Controlled Boundary Layer Considerations
Eighth International Symposium on Marine Propulsors (smp’24), Berlin, Germany
20 Mar 2024
Viscous flow simulations, utilising Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), have increasingly become the standard approach in the design and ...
cfdresistance and propulsionpoweringmodel testingearly innovations and solutions
PaperAn Experimental Study on Visualisation and Passive Control of Model Propeller Boundary Layers
Eighth International Symposium on Marine Propulsors (smp’24), Berlin, Germany
20 Mar 2024
This paper examines the complications of a laminar propeller boundary layer during towing tank model testing and proposes a solution in the form of ...
propeller and cavitationresistance and propulsionmeasurements and controlpowering
MagazineOpening of the Seven Oceans Simulator centre is fast approaching
MARIN Report 139
9 Mar 2024
MARIN employees, partners and their subcontractors have been working hard on the realisation of the new, innovative research facility of MARIN - the ...
simulatorsfacilities and tools
PaperCFD analysis of the full-scale resistance of an oil tanker in presence of a mud–water interface
Ocean Engineering
15 Feb 2024
The presence of mud layers on the bottom of ports and waterways can have negative effects on the hydrodynamic behaviour of marine vessels. This ...
cfd/simulation/desk studiescfdmanoeuvring and nautical studiesnautical operationsinfrastructurecfd development
MagazineAdvanced sailing prediction models of inland waterway vessels
MARIN Report 138
20 Dec 2023
MARIN aims to provide advanced prediction models of the sailing behaviour of inland ships to support the transformation of inland waterway ...
inland shipping
MagazineMARIN investigates VIM response of semi-submersible floaters
MARIN Report 138
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 ...
floating wind turbinefloating windcfd developmentcfdcfd/simulation/desk studies
Research reportSetting new standards for model propeller testing
MARIN Report 138
20 Dec 2023
What if a small modification could dramatically enhance the accuracy, interpretability and reliability of model tests used to predict ship ...
cfd developmentcfdcfd/simulation/desk studiesmodel testingpropeller design