MagazineNew tools examine nautical safety of offloading operations
MARIN Report 76
1 Apr 2002
Reading time 6 minutes
FPSOs are more often applied for the development of offshore deepwater oil or gas resources but for the export of
oil (or gas) from the FPSO, ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiessafe operations and human factorstime-domain simulationsnautical operationsrenewablesoffshore operationsoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seatransport and shippingmooring and offloadingsimulationsoffshore engineering
MagazineMARIN spearheads JIP into future role of the tug
MARIN Report 76
1 Apr 2002
Reading time 3 minutes
An increased public awareness of safety and environmental issues, means tanker escorting into busy harbours and terminals, is under the spotlight. ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringmeasurements and controldata sciencemanoeuvringrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seaseakeepingdefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingmodel testingmonitoringmotionsseakeeping performancefull scaleoffshore engineering
MagazineMARIN helps improve CALM buoy design
MARIN Report 76
1 Apr 2002
Reading time 3 minutes
As the deepwater CALM buoy becomes a common solution for offloading from spread moored West of Africa FPSOs, MARIN is carrying out an increasing ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralmeasurements and controldata sciencerenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seamodel testingloads and responsesmooring and offloadingoffshore engineering
MagazineDeepwater innovations offshore Brazil
MARIN Report 76
1 Apr 2002
Reading time 3 minutes
Brazilian oil company Petrobras has been working together with the university COPEE/UFRJ in Rio de Janeiro on
the development of the Sub Surface ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringmeasurements and controldata sciencerenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seamodel testingmooring and offloadingoffshore engineering
MagazineTwo leading truss Spar players choose MARIN model testing
MARIN Report 76
1 Apr 2002
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MARIN was very proud when the two main players in the truss Spar field, CSO -Aker and J. Ray McDermott, both decided to use MARIN's facilities and ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralmeasurements and controldata sciencerenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seamodel testingmooring and offloadingvortex induced vibrations (viv)offshore engineering
MagazineFull-scale VIV tests for marine riser applications
MARIN report 76
1 Apr 2002
Reading time 3 minutes
One of the great challenges in the offshore industry is the assessment of the motions of a circular cylinder in waves and current, for application ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesmeasurements and controldata sciencetime-domain simulationsrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seamodel testingvortex induced motions (vim)simulationsoffshore engineering
MagazineDrilling semi-submersible set for Caspian Sea
MARIN Report 76
1 Apr 2002
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MARIN recently carried out verification studies, including both model tests and hydrodynamic calculations, on a
new drilling semi-submersible to be ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesmeasurements and controldata sciencetime-domain simulationsrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seamodel testingmooring and offloadingsimulationsoffshore engineering
MagazineWildlife inspires MARIN in DP-JIP
MARIN Report 76
1 Apr 2002
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN takes its inspiration from many places but here Report looks at one of the more unusual sources.
manoeuvring and nautical studiesmeasurements and controldata sciencedynamic positioningmodel testingmonitoringfull scale
MagazineInitiatives flow from Lisbon FPSO JIP Week
MARIN Report 76
1 Apr 2002
Reading time 6 minutes
As usual the FPSO JIP week proved invaluable as a forum whereby leading industry members in the field of floating production can get together, ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesmeasurements and controldata sciencetime-domain simulationsrenewablesoffshore operationsoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seamodel testingmonitoringresearch and developmenttrials and monitoringfull scalesimulationsoffshore engineeringresearch
PaperPractical Grid Generation Tools with Applications to Ship Hydrodynamics
7th International Conference on Grid Generation and Computational Field Simulations, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
1 Feb 2002
This paper presents 2-D, surface and 3-D grid generation tools for building structured grids. Algebraic, orthogonal and elliptical grid generation ...
cfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsresearch and developmentsimulationsresearch
ThesisA combined experimental and numerical study of the turbulent wake
PhD-thesis, Delft University of Technology
14 Jan 2002
The main objective of the present investigation is to gain a better understanding of the flow in the far and near wake of a flat plate. To realize ...
sustainable propulsioncfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsresistance and propulsionresearch and developmentspeed/power performancesimulationsresearch
PaperHuman factors in the operational performance of ferries
RINA Symposium "Human Factors in ship design and operation II", London, UK
1 Jan 2002
The present paper focuses on the impact of human factors on ferry operations. Making use of new insights in the nature of motion sickness and a new ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringlife at seaseakeepingdefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingcomfort
PaperFurther investigation into the hydrodynamic performance of the AXE Bow Concept
WEMT’02, Naples, Italy
1 Jan 2002
In an earlier paper the first two authors presented the results, which they obtained from a desk study on the influence of a rather pronounced bow ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringsustainable propulsionresistance and propulsionlife at seaseakeepingdefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingcomforthull form optimisation
PaperDevelopment, validation and application of a time domain seakeeping method for high speed craft with a ride control system
24th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics Fukuoka, Japan
1 Jan 2002
A computational method for the seakeeping behaviour of ships with a ride control system is described. The method essentially is a time domain panel ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringmarine systemsseakeepingdefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shipping
PaperCoupled Mooring Analysis in Large Scale Model Tests on a Deepwater CALM Buoy in Mild Wave Conditions
21st International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2022), Oslo, Norway
1 Jan 2002
This paper describes a series of model tests aimed at gaining insight in the tension variations in the export risers and mooring lines of a CALM ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralmeasurements and controldata sciencerenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seamodel testingresearch and developmentloads and responsesmooring and offloadingmotionsoffloadingwaves & motionsoffshore engineeringresearch