PaperManoeuvring assessment in concept ship design
International Conference on Ship and Shipping Research (NAV 2003), Palermo, Italy
2 jun. 2003
The art of ship design is to find the best design compromise suitable for the ship's task and its operations, taking the performance, initial costs ...
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PaperComparison of Full-Scale Measurements with Calculated Motion Characteristics of a West of Africa FPSO
22nd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2003), Cancun, Mexico
1 jun. 2003
Full-scale measurements of the motions of the Girassol FPSO are available over a one-year period. During this same period also vessel draft, wave ...
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PaperDesign Aspects of Green Water Loading on FPSOs
22nd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics & Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2003) Cancun, Mexico
1 jun. 2003
Green water is a significant problem for floating ship-type offshore structures, which needs to be assessed in the early design of the structure. ...
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PaperA practical approach to constrained hydrodynamic optimization of ships
International Conference on Ship and Shipping Research (NAV2003), Palermo, Italy
1 jun. 2003
This paper presents a practical approach to hydrodynamic optimization of ships, based on numerical flow simulation. New in this approach, compared ...
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PaperExperimental investigation of the sensitivity to in-line motions and magnus-like lift production on the vortex-induced vibrations
The Thirteenth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
25 mei 2003
Experiments were carried out with a transversely oscillating cylinder in steady current, to investigate the sensitivity to small cylinder pitch ...
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PaperDP FPSO – A Fully Dynamically Positioned FPSO for Ultra Deep Waters
The Thirteenth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
25 mei 2003
In the coming years, there will be a growing demand for Floating Production and Storage Units (FPSOs) for ultra deep waters (greater than 2,000 ...
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PaperThe Flow Around FPSO’s in Steep Regular Waves
The Thirteenth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
25 mei 2003
This paper investigates the hydrodynamical aspects of a fixed FPSO in regular waves. The emphasis is geared to the validation of state of the art ...
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PaperTowards optimal design of ship hull shapes
8th International Marine Design Conference (IMDC), Athens, Greece
5 mei 2003
The recent increase in information technologies dedicated to optimal design, associated with the progress of the numerical tools for predicting ship ...
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PaperModel Test Experience on Vortex Induced Vibrations of Truss Spars
Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), Houston, Texas, USA
1 mei 2003
In order to evaluate the Vortex Induced Vibration (VIV) response of truss Spars and to optimize their strake configuration several model test ...
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PaperFPSO Fatigue Assessment - Feedback From In-Service Inspections
Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), Houston, Texas, USA
1 mei 2003
Bluewater developed a hull fatigue strategy for her FPSOs. This strategy supports the decision process with respect to fatigue damage during the ...
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MagazineStorms and even hurricanes no problem for Atlantis PQ semi
MARIN Report 79
1 apr. 2003
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN puts one of the largest semi-submersibles through rigorous testing in the Offshore Basin but the semi has no difficulty surviving in even the ...
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MagazineSpecialised tests for Spar optimisation
MARIN Report 79
1 apr. 2003
Reading time 3 minutes
As MARIN extends its model testing to the field of truss Spars, tests show that both the choice of mooring system and
current profile can have a ...
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Magazine10th FPSO JIP Week & FPSO Research Forum proves a Spanish success
MARIN Report 79
1 apr. 2003
Reading time 3 minutes
Report highlights the 10th JIP Week where more than 100 people, representing 35 different companies, in the offshore industry gathered.
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MagazineVenturing into the deep with DP-FPSO
MARIN Report 79
1 apr. 2003
Reading time 3 minutes
As IZAR FENE Shipyards decides to take up the challenge and start up a Joint Industry Project (JIP) to develop a
fully,Dynamically-Positioned FPSO ...
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MagazineMARIN answers clients' needs at sea
MARIN Report 79
1 apr. 2003
Reading time 6 minutes
Report explains how MARIN can help closing the gap between computation, model testing and reality for deepwater
developments.
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