MagazineNew code FreSCo reveals what goes under the surface
MARIN Report 96
24 apr. 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
FreSCo is a new unsteady, multi-phase, viscous flow CFD code being developed by MARIN's R&D department. FreSCo's most recent findings are presented ...
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MagazineModel making to the tune of 150 a year
MARIN Report 96
24 apr. 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
Last year, MARIN built model number 8888 and propeller model 7000. Readers may well wonder just how MARIN produces an average of 120 ship models and ...
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MagazineMARIN and Oceânica work in tandem on project
MARIN Report 96
24 apr. 2009
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MARIN and Oce‰nica recently joined forces to study the tandem offloading operation of the first FPSO in the Gulf of Mexico for the Petrobras ...
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MagazineaNySIMpro - the future of validated multi-body simulations
MARIN Report 96
24 apr. 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
Last year MARIN introduced the aNySIMpro concept and already the new product is proving successful. Report provides an update.
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Magazine2009 - The year of LNG
MARIN Report 96
24 apr. 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) has become the fastest growing sector of the world's gas market. With many large LNG
offloading projects planned this ...
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MagazineMARIN contributes to unique Korean motorway project
MARIN Report 95
29 jan. 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
In Korea, a four-lane motorway is being constructed between the city of Busan and Geoje island, reducing travelling times from one hour by ferry to ...
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MagazineSimulator answers increasing demand for VTS training
MARIN Report 95
29 jan. 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN already commissioned its first in-house Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) simulator back in 1986. By 1998, this was
replaced by a modern, ...
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MagazineFree Running Model tests shed light on the elusive world of the submarine
MARIN Report 95
29 jan. 2009
Reading time 6 minutes
Free Running Model tests have always been in common use at MARIN, given that they offer the most accurate picture of a ship's behaviour. However, ...
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MagazineShuttle tool now ready for side-by-side Offloading Operations
MARIN Report 95
29 jan. 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
The Shuttle tool for the sim- for side-by-side Off loading Operations ulation of complex, offloading operations is now capable of side-by-side ...
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MagazineFreSCo successfully predicts flow around submarine hull
MARIN Report 95
29 jan. 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
Safety of a submarine and its crew is paramount. To understand and predict a submarine's behaviour in extreme conditions, insight into hydrodynamics ...
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MagazinePort of Gijón extension project gets the MARIN touch
MARIN Report 95
29 jan. 2009
Reading time 6 minutes
Gijón Port Authority (APG) is carrying out a large extension to the port, including a new basin seawards of the present port facilities. But the ...
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MagazineSurface Ship Radiated Flow Noise project completed
MARIN Report 95
29 jan. 2009
Reading time 3 minutes
Advances in weapon and sensor capabilities are driving an increased interest in the control of underwater signatures of naval platforms.
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MagazineNew unstationary test techniques in the MARIN basin
MARIN Report 95
29 jan. 2009
Reading time 6 minutes
To determine mathematical models, Planar Motion Mechanism (PMM) and rotating arm tests have traditionally been used but with the introduction of the ...
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MagazineMARIN's relationship with Royal Netherlands Navy goes from strength to strength
MARIN Report 95
29 jan. 2009
Reading time 9 minutes
MARIN's relationship with the Royal Netherlands Navy and the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) is one that spans decades and it is one that looks ...
MagazineDynamic loads on pods
MARIN Report 95
29 jan. 2009
Reading time 6 minutes
Loads on pods are the focus of one of the Cooperative Research of Ships (CRS) working groups. Aiming at a mathematical model to determine the loads ...
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