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 ...
shallow water basin
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 ...
jip
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’” ...
cfd
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 ...
zero emissionpropulsionjip
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 ...
safetymodel testingseakeeping and manoeuvring basin
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. ...
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 ...
offshore
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 ...
jipoffshore wind
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 ...
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 ...
PaperWhiffle sets new standard for local weather forecasting and introduces finecasting to the maritime industry
MARIN Report 130
1 Dec 2020
The art and science of precisely predicting tomorrow’s local weather patterns almost seems impossible - and just a few years ago it was. That was ...
Paper Experimental methods for investigation of foiling crafts
26th International HISWA Symposium
16 Nov 2020
An overview of the most recent experimental and numerical methods performed in the past years at MARIN is presented with respect to the applications ...
PaperProgress in the prediction and mitigation of propeller cavitation noise and vibrations
26th International HISWA Symposium
16 Nov 2020
Comfort on board passenger vessels and pleasure craft is a primary design consideration. Furthermore, underwater radiated noise from vessels is ...
propeller and cavitationresistance and propulsionnoise and vibrationpassengers and yachtingcfd/simulation/desk studiesmodel testing
PaperCode Verification of a Pressure-Based Solver for Subsonic Compressible Flows
Journal of Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification
29 Oct 2020
Although most flows in maritime applications can be modeled as incompressible, for certain phenomena like sloshing, slamming, and cavitation, this ...
cfd development