MagazineNew Zero Emissions Lab for pioneering research
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN has developed a research and configuration test environment: the Zero Emission Lab (ZEL). Our competences of hydrodynamics will be united with ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringsustainable propulsionrenewablesemissioninland shippingenergy saving
MagazineThe blue future - Horizon 2020 project Space@Sea
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
The majority of the world’s population lives in coastal areas where space has always been a commodity. In the near future, the waterfront may ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringlife at seamodel testing
MagazineExploring the potential of floating solar energy
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
Solar energy is an important alternative energy source but in a densely populated country like the Netherlands the space for solar parks is very ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringlife at seamodel testingoffshore basin
MagazineAssessing the impact of offshore wind farms in the North Sea by using SAMSON
MARIN Report 125
15 Dec 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
MARIN is assisting the Dutch government with policy making issues concerning the development of offshore wind farms. Currently we are examining all ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringrenewablesoffshore windtraffic and safetytransport and shippingsafety
MagazinePrediction methods for sailing yachts in the early design phase
MARIN Report 124
15 Aug 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
Recent sailing yacht projects have highlighted the importance of getting involved in the design process as early as possible. And given the ...
cfd/simulation/desk studiesresistance and propulsionpassengers and yachting
MagazineReFRESCO successfully coupled to ParaView Catalyst for in-situ analysis
MARIN Report 124
15 Aug 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
When running complex parallel calculations on thousands of processors, the amount of data generated quickly becomes a bottleneck. To tackle this ...
cfd development
MagazineAdvanced backbone deployed to measure bending modes of ultralarge container vessels
MARIN Report 124
15 Aug 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
MARIN carried out a series of model tests on behalf of the Marine Designand Research Institute of China (MARIC) to assess the flexural responseof an ...
transport and shippingmodel testingstructural response
MagazineTackling increasing cruise vessel dimensions in virtual reality
MARIN Report 124
15 Aug 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
MARIN has performed simulator research and advanced simulator training for major cruise ship builder Meyer Werft to assist the yard with handling ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiessafe operations and human factorspassengers and yachtingtraining
MagazineThe challenges of building the biggest cruise ship in the world
MARIN Report 124
15 Aug 2018
Reading time 9 minutes
Report interviews Loic Morand, Head of STX Europe’s Hydrodynamic Department, about whether the industry can go on building even larger vessels and ...
sustainable propulsionresistance and propulsionpropeller and cavitationhull form optimisationcruise and ferry
MagazineMeasuring the deformations of a composite propeller at full scale
MARIN Report 124
15 Aug 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
Important measurement data was gathered at full scale to facilitate the design of shape-adaptive propellers. Ship propellers are generally ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralmeasurements and controlpropeller and cavitationmonitoring
MagazineAddressing the elusive issue of comfort onboard
MARIN Report 124
15 Aug 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
In a world that brings pretty much anything to you at the press of an app, we are often asked why it is so difficult to assess comfort onboard a ...
safe operations and human factorsmarine systemspassengers and yachtingcomfort
MagazineFloating Future Seminar and BlueWeek success
MARIN Report 124
15 Aug 2018
Reading time 6 minutes
‘Better Ships, Blue Oceans’ is our credo. To achieve this, we are starting up research projects together with the industry, research organisations ...
ocean energylife at seafloating wind turbine
MagazineReal-time simulations to test propulsion alternatives
MARIN Report 124
15 Aug 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN helps yacht owners make vital decisions about the propulsion and thruster configurations best suited to their yacht by using virtual ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiessustainable propulsioncfd/simulation/desk studies
MagazineNew McdSeries tool - design CP propellers using the WAGENINGEN CD Series
MARIN Report 124
15 Aug 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
Within the scope of the CD Propeller JIP, a modern, systematic series of controllable pitch propellers (CPP) was developed and tested in open water. ...
propeller and cavitationjoint industry project
MagazineCNIM asks MARIN to verify the performance of a new SWATH design
MARIN Report 123
25 Apr 2018
Reading time 3 minutes
With a growing demand for wind farm support vessels, Constructions Industrielles de la Méditerranée (CNIM) has developed a SWATH design with the aim ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringrenewableslife at sea