MagazineMarine hazards to subsea cables and pipelines
MARIN Report 120
21 Apr 2017
Reading time 3 minutes
In February 1989 the ro-ro vessel Vinca Gorthon ran into heavy weather and sank off the Dutch coast. She landed on an oil pipeline that was ...
MagazineFloating cities - our future is on the water
MARIN Report 120
21 Apr 2017
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN is working together with the social enterprise and collaboration platform 'Blue21' to create a floating city. MARIN starts open innovation ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructurelife at seadefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingcomfortmooring and offloadingoffloadingseakeeping performancewaves & motions
MagazineJIPs - sharing experiences and building knowledge
MARIN Report 120
21 Apr 2017
Reading time 6 minutes
Joint Industry Projects are still one of the most important steps in the development, sharing and application of knowledge. Participants are welcome ...
MagazineMARIN plays an important role as the Netherlands studies future naval assets
MARIN Report 119
23 Nov 2016
Reading time 3 minutes
The Dutch military procurement arm 'Defence Materiel Organisation' (DMO) investigates requirements for future naval assets. DMO naval architects, ...
cfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesmeasurements and controldata sciencetime-domain simulationsdefencenavysoftware engineeringsoftware
MagazineWhy wait for the seventh wave?
MARIN Report 119
23 Nov 2016
Reading time 6 minutes
The Royal Netherlands Navy, NLR (the Dutch Aerospace Laboratory), RADAC, Amarcon/ABB and MARIN joined in the 'Salute' project to work out a ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralmeasurements and controldata sciencedefencemodel testingmonitoringnavyfull scalewave measurementswaves & motions
MagazineA standardised Launch & Recovery system is a step closer with LAURA JIP
MARIN Report 119
23 Nov 2016
Reading time 6 minutes
There is an evident trend towards fewer, but multifunctional, navy
platforms capable of (international) cooperation that are operated by smaller ...
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MagazineSpeeding up landing craft
MARIN Report 119
23 Nov 2016
Reading time 6 minutes
To reduce vulnerability to attacks from the coast and maintain safe operations with Landing Platform Docks (LPDs), the distance from ship to shore ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiessustainable propulsionresistance and propulsionmarine systemsauthorities and regulatorsdefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingpropulsionsafetynavy
MagazineObserving cavitation for naval applications
MARIN Report 119
23 Nov 2016
Reading time 3 minutes
One of the services of MARIN is to carry out measurement campaigns on board ships and to analyse the collected data. For our navy customers MARIN is ...
sustainable propulsionnoise and vibrationresistance and propulsionmarine systemsdefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingmonitoringcavitationpropulsionnavyfull scalepropellerpropulsor
MagazineFast Small Ship Simulator takes to the waves for the first time!
MARIN Report 119
23 Nov 2016
Reading time 6 minutes
Bouncing over the waves at a speed of 43 knots, the director of the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) Vice Admiral Arie Jan de Waard, and MARIN's ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiescfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsdefencesimulatorsnavysimulationssoftware engineering
MagazineMARIN assists in the design of naval propellers
MARIN Report 119
22 Nov 2016
Reading time 6 minutes
Independent evaluation of the hydrodynamic performance of ship propellers is a very popular MARIN service. With essential feedback from customers ...
sustainable propulsioncfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsresistance and propulsionmarine systemsdefencepropeller designnavysoftware engineeringpropellerpropulsorsoftware
MagazineSubmarine hydrodynamics - from concept to operations
MARIN Report 119
22 Nov 2016
Reading time 6 minutes
Over the last decade, the research capabilities for submarines have increased significantly. MARIN answers hydrodynamic questions from the early ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiescfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsmanoeuvringinfrastructuredefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingnavysimulations
MagazineSUBSIM to SAMSON to XMF - 30 years later and still going strong
MARIN Report 119
22 Nov 2016
Reading time 3 minutes
Since 1986, MARIN has used in-house software SUBSIM for predicting the manoeuvring behaviour of submarines. Using the hull geometry as input, this ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiescfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsmanoeuvringinfrastructuredefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingnavysimulationssoftware engineeringsoftware
MagazineRetaining and developing submarine knowledge
MARIN Report 119
22 Nov 2016
Reading time 3 minutes
The Dutch Underwater Knowledge Centre (DUKC) is a network of Dutch knowledge providers on submarine technology.
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MagazineThe Walrus Class submarine and beyond
MARIN Report 119
22 Nov 2016
Reading time 9 minutes
Report interviews the Commanding Officer of the Dutch Submarine fleet, Captain Hugo Ammerlaan about the Walrus Class service life extension ...
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MagazineCooperative Research Navies tackles dynamic stability
MARIN Report 119
22 Nov 2016
Reading time 3 minutes
Over the last 25 years Cooperative Research Navies (CRN) has largely focused on the prediction and validation of extreme motions and capsize risk ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsauthorities and regulatorsdefencesafetynavysimulationssoftware engineeringjoint industry projectjipnetworksoftware