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Quantifying the Uncertainty of the Crabbing Capability

37th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2018), Madrid, Spain

17 Jun 2018

Crabbing is a critical manoeuvre that requires all of the ship’s propulsors to counteract environmental forces. It is a complex hydrodynamic ...
time-domain simulationsmanoeuvringnautical operationscfd/simulation/desk studies
Paper

Choosing the safest wave

The Naval Architect

1 Oct 2017

Sanne van Essen, MARIN, and Herman Peters, Rijkswaterstaat, Netherlands investigate the wind and wave design conditions to study the minimum power ...
wave measurementswaves, impacts and hydrostructuralseakeepingwaves & motionssafetyadded resistance
Paper

Design for service

IMTA Conference

1 Jan 2003

A more complete understanding of ship behaviour in waves, together with the presently available detail in wind-wave climatology on shipping routes ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringsafe operations and human factorsseakeepingpassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingoperability
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Numerical simulation of propeller-hull interaction and determination of the effective wake field using a hybrid RANS-BEM approach

Third International Symposium on Marine Propulsors (SMP), Launceston, Tasmania

5 May 2013

In this study propeller-hull interaction is investigated numerically using a combination of a steady viscous CFD method (RANS) for the ship flow and ...
sustainable propulsioncfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsresistance and propulsionmarine systemsresearch and developmenthull form optimisationpropeller designpropulsionsimulationspropellerpropulsorresearch
Magazine

New North Sea route structure successfully implemented

MARIN Report 111

25 Apr 2014

Reading time 3 minutes

For centuries, sea life and ships were the only users of the sea but then the offshore industry started to explore and more recently, renewable ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesinfrastructureauthorities and regulatorsport and channel designsafety
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Time Domain Simulations of Side-by-side Moored Vessels - Lessons Learnt from a Benchmark Test

26th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2007), San Diego, California, USA

10 Jun 2007

Time domain simulations are used extensively to assess the availability of turret moored terminals for offloading operations. The availability ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesmeasurements and controldata sciencetime-domain simulationsrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seatransport and shippingmodel testingloads and responsesmooring and offloadingmotionsoffloadingsimulationswaves & motionsoffshore engineering
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An approach to constrained hydrodynamic optimization of ships

Marine Propulsion Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1 Jan 2004

Since their foundation, model basins play an important role in hydrodynamic ship optimization. Their customers (ship yards, ship owners, navies, ...
sustainable propulsioncfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesresistance and propulsionresearch and developmenthull form optimisationresearch
Paper

Improvement Of Resistance And Wake Field Of An Underwater Vehicle By Optimising The Fin-Body Junction Flow With CFD

33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2014), San Francisco, CA

8 Jun 2014

To control underwater vehicles appendages such as rudders or fins are generally used. These appendages induce added resistance and deteriorate the ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiessustainable propulsioncfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsmanoeuvringresistance and propulsioninfrastructurepoweringdefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingresearch and developmenthull form optimisationsimulationsresearch
Paper

Voyage Acceleration Climate - A Comprehensive Statistical Method for the Evaluation of Design Loads for Offshore Transport

Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), Houston, Texas, USA

1 May 1996

The paper presents a new procedure for the calculation of realistic values for the design loads for heavy lift and vulnerable cargo transports The ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralmeasurements and controldata sciencesafe operations and human factorsrenewablesoffshore operationsoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seaseakeepingtransport and shippingmonitoringloads and responsesmotionsonboard advisoryoperabilityseakeeping performancewaves & motionsoffshore engineering
Paper

Random waves and capsize probability based on large amplitude motion analysis

21st International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE’02), Oslo, Norway

23 Jun 2002

The objective of this paper is to apply a methodology aimed at the probabilistic capsize assessment of two naval ships: a frigate and a corvette. ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringseakeepingdefenceresearch and developmentextreme conditionsnavyresearch
Paper

Comparison of RANS Turbulence Models for the Simulation of Smooth Wall Boundary-Layers in Pressure Gradients at Moderate and High Reynolds Numbers

10th International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering (MARINE 2023), Madrid, Spain

26 Jun 2023

In this work, our focus is to assess the effect of the Reynolds number on the performance of six different RANS turbulence models in the simulation ...
cfd developmentcfdcfd/simulation/desk studies
Magazine

Statoil on the importance of JIPs

MARIN Report 120

21 Apr 2017

Reading time 9 minutes

Statoil has been a regular visitor to MARIN over the years, both with commercial projects, as well as participating in many Joint Industry Projects. ...
Magazine

WiFi JIP makes it possible to take the next step in foundation design

MARIN Report 114

30 Apr 2015

Reading time 3 minutes

This year MARIN closed the very successful Wave impact on Fixed foundations WiFi I and II JIP. During the JIPs, more than 250,000 wave events were ...
Magazine

Voyage scenario simulation with Gulliver

MARIN Report 127

13 Sep 2019

How can my ship benefit from wind assistance? What is my service margin on a specific ship route? How can I optimise my ship design in terms of ...
marinvoyace scenario simulationsship design
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A benchmark program for comparing hydrodynamic forces obtained from simulations and captive tests

2nd International Conference on Maritime Engineering and Technology (MARTECH 2014), Lisbon, Portugal

15 Oct 2014

The purpose of this paper is to present a benchmark program for comparing hydrodynamic coefficients calculated by manoeuvring prediction software ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsdynamic positioningmanoeuvringrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructurelife at seadefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingresearch and developmentsimulationsresearch