MagazineFloating Islands one step closer to realisation as Space@Sea project completes
MARIN Report 131
Apr 7, 2021
Reading time 6 minutes
The Horizon 2020 funded Space@Sea project kicked off in November 2017, with the aim of taking a further step towards the efficient use of the ...
offshorefloating wind turbinefloating island
MagazineOffice tool aNySIM calculates the real-time mooring line tensions on board the Aoka Mizu FPSO
MARIN Report 131
Apr 7, 2021
Reading time 6 minutes
The existing hull structural monitoring system of the Aoka Mizu FPSO was extended in August last year with a time domain software tool able to ...
mooring and offloading
MagazineAssisting the fishing industry
MARIN Report 131
Apr 7, 2021
Reading time 3 minutes
Our seas and oceans are a breeding ground for an abundance of high protein food: fish. Fish requires three to eight times less valuable nutrients ...
fish farmcfdblue growthmodel testingoffshoreoffshore wind
MagazineCould a transatlantic hyperloop trip become an alternative to flying?
MARIN Report 131
Apr 7, 2021
Reading time 3 minutes
As the world population continues to grow, and specifically in coastal areas, there is a related increase in the demand for mobility. ...
blue growthtransport and shipping
MagazineGrowing interest in floating food production
MARIN Report 131
Apr 7, 2021
Reading time 6 minutes
One of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals pledges to “end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable ...
MagazineThe Atmosphere in operation
MARIN Report 131
Apr 7, 2021
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN officially opened ‘The Atmosphere’ in October 2020. This new facility, with an autoclave of 15 m long and 2.5 m diameter at its heart, offers ...
wave measurements
MagazineMARIN’s new FlowPike makes ship-scale flow measurements possible
MARIN Report 131
Apr 7, 2021
Reading time 3 minutes
With the growing availability of computing power, the means of resolving flow field details is also increasing. Although a simulation of ship-scale ...
propeller and cavitationfull scale
MagazineA risk assessment of existing operations
MARIN Report 131
Apr 7, 2021
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN was asked to carry out a risk assessment for SacTun Port in Mexico to investigate whether tug assistance during manoeuvres would make nautical ...
manoeuvringsimulationrisk assessment
MagazineThe path towards zero emission shipping
MARIN Report 131
Apr 7, 2021
Reading time 3 minutes
Zero emission shipping is top on the agenda of our sector. The paths to get there and the final solutions are different and depend on many aspects, ...
zero emission
PaperExperimental Flow-Induced Motions of a FOWT Semi-Submersible Type (OC4 Phase II Floater)
Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering
Feb 1, 2021
F low-induced motions (FIM) are an issue for floating offshore structures, such as multicolumnplatforms, as the phenomenon can decrease the fatigue ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringmeasurements and controloffshore windrenewablesmodel testing
PaperAssessing Numerical Aspects of Transitional Flow Simulations Using the RANS Equations
International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics
Jan 14, 2021
This paper addresses the influence of the scheme used in the convective terms of turbulence and transition transport equations on the numerical ...
resistance and propulsioncfdcfd/simulation/desk studiescfd development
PaperSolution Verification Studies of a Pressure-Based Compressible Flow Solver
14th WCCM & ECCOMAS Congress 2020
Jan 11, 2021
Although considering the fluid to be incompressible is a common and valid approximation in most hydrodynamic simulations, certain phenomena like ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfdhydrostructuraloffshore operationsseakeepingcfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperVerification of BDF Time-Integration Method with Variable Step Size
14th WCCM & ECCOMAS Congress 2020
Jan 11, 2021
Solution methods for systems of ordinary differential equations with variable step size base their choice for the step size on (an estimate of) the ...
cfdcfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperTransition and Turbulence Modeling for the Prediction of Cavitating Tip Vortices
Journal of Fluids Engineering
Jan 1, 2021
This study evaluates the influence of transition and turbulence modeling on the prediction of wetted and cavitating tip vortices for an elliptical ...
resistance and propulsioncfdnoise and vibrationpropeller and cavitationcfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperReliability analysis of crabbing manoeuvre
5th International Conference on Maritime Engineering and Technology (MARTECH 2020), Lisbon, Portugal
Dec 16, 2020
In this study reliability analysis methods are applied to the crabbing manoeuvre of a ship. The objective is to express the crabbing capability of a ...
manoeuvringanalysis and predictionoperabilitypassengers and yachtingrisk assessment