MagazineMARIN’s new FlowPike makes ship-scale flow measurements possible
MARIN Report 131
7 Apr 2021
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With the growing availability of computing power, the means of resolving flow field details is also increasing. Although a simulation of ship-scale ...
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MagazineThe Atmosphere in operation
MARIN Report 131
7 Apr 2021
MARIN officially opened ‘The Atmosphere’ in October 2020. This new facility, with an autoclave of 15 m long and 2.5 m diameter at its heart, offers ...
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MagazineFloating Islands one step closer to realisation as Space@Sea project completes
MARIN Report 131
7 Apr 2021
The Horizon 2020 funded Space@Sea project kicked off in November 2017, with the aim of taking a further step towards the efficient use of the ...
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MagazineWINDOS - assessment of wind loads on floatingstructures
MARIN Report 130
7 Dec 2020
MARIN’s software WINDOS provides a cost-effective way to assess the impact of wind loads on ships and offshore constructions. Wind forces ...
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MagazineEstablishing wind loads using CFD
MARIN Report 130
7 Dec 2020
With the increasing size of offshore structures, wind loads are becoming more and more important when designing vessels for operational conditions. ...
MagazineWINDLASS JIP – analysing the impact of wind in the port environment
MARIN Report 130
7 Dec 2020
In the port environment wind is variable in space and time, whereas engineering methods often rely on uniform wind and standard spectrum to describe ...
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MagazineExtreme behaviour in shallow water explains why large container shipS can lose containers above the Dutch Wadden Islands
MARIN Report 130
7 Dec 2020
The Dutch Safety Board asked MARIN and research institute Deltares to investigate how storm conditions such as those encountered above the Dutch ...
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MagazineGaining further insight into Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion
MARIN Report 130
7 Dec 2020
Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion (WASP) is one of the methods available to help the shipping world reduce its reliance on (fossil) fuel and thereby ...
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MagazineMaximising speed through wind & waves
MARIN Report 130
7 Dec 2020
Crew Transfer Vessels (CTV) are essential for the maintenance of offshore wind turbines. Their high speed operation in waves can benefit from an ...
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MagazineCTV motion behaviour investigated
MARIN Report 130
7 Dec 2020
SPOWTT project provides fresh insight into ship motions, improving the wellbeing of technicians. The recently completed ‘Improving the Safety and ...
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MagazineWINDLOAD sets the foundations for new WINDLASS JIP
MARIN Report 130
7 Dec 2020
Here we look back at the success of WINDLOAD, the predecessor of WINDLASS. The remark “one man's ‘stiff breeze’ might be another's ‘soft breeze’” ...
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MagazineImproving the operability of O&M vessels
MARIN Report 130
7 Dec 2020
MARIN supports the development of offshore wind maintenance vessels - from concept to operation. Operation and maintenance costs make up around ...
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MagazineAssessing the aerodynamic performance of Flettner rotors on the MARIN Hybrid Transition Coaster (MHTC)
MARIN Report 130
7 Dec 2020
While previously the performance of wind propulsors was essentially obtained from wind tunnel tests or CFD without considering the ship, it is now ...
MagazineMeasuring 3D wind fields at the speed of light!
MARIN Report 130
7 Dec 2020
Wind is the driving force for wind turbines and ships under sail. At the same time, it is a dominant environmental load for many large vessels and ...
MagazineSupporting clients as they pioneer novel installation techniques
MARIN Report 130
7 Dec 2020
As the offshore wind industry continues to expand across the globe, wind parks are going further from shore and the turbine sizes are increasing ...