MagazineFamous B-series propellers replaced by the F-series - MARIN marks a major milestone in maritime history
MARIN Report 136
27 Jun 2023
On February 15, MARIN’s near-centenarian Deep Water Towing Tank was abuzz with excitement and anticipation. Over half a century ago, the Wageningen ...
propeller designpropeller
MagazineFrom the Offshore Basin to Full Mission Bridge Simulator: MARIN tests IOM Steam Packet Company’s new ferry Manxman
MARIN Report 136
27 Jun 2023
The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company has acquired a new ferry, Manxman, to operate between Douglas (Isle of Man) and the United Kingdom (Heysham and ...
model testingoffshore basin
MagazineAdvancing knowledge of foiling vessels
MARIN Report 136
27 Jun 2023
The Foil Design JIP is a research project focused on enhancing hydrodynamic knowledge for the early design phase of foiling vessels. It ...
model testing
MagazineCFD simulation of complex inland ship manoeuvring
MARIN Report 136
27 Jun 2023
In 2019 Rijkswaterstaat, part of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, and MARIN joined forces to investigate inland ship ...
inland shippingcfdcfd/simulation/desk studiestransport and shipping
MagazineThe Blue Forum heads to La Serenissima for its 2024 edition
MARIN Report 136
27 Jun 2023
The 11th edition of the BlueWeek, hosted at the headquarters of the Balearic Islands Port Authority in Palma, Spain, was a great success. For the ...
networkjips and networks
MagazineTopTier JIP aims to reduce container losses at sea
MARIN Report 136
27 Jun 2023
The World Shipping Council estimates (see reference below) that there was on average a total of 1,566 containers lost at sea each year over the ...
shipstransport and shipping
MagazineMonitoring shipping on the changing North Sea
MARIN Report 136
27 Jun 2023
In the coming years the North Sea will change dramatically due to the development of additional offshore activities such as wind farms, other forms ...
traffic and safetytransport and shippinglife at sea
MagazineZero-Emission Research & Development in the spotlight
MARIN Report 136
26 Jun 2023
To reach zero-emission shipping a combination of measures are needed including energy efficiency measures such as hydrodynamic and operational ...
zero emissionhydrodynamics
PaperShape Optimization of a Naval Destroyer by Multi-Fidelity Methods
10th International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering (MARINE 2023), Madrid, Spain
26 Jun 2023
The paper presents and discusses the shape optimization of a destroyer-type vessel by means of several multi-fidelity approaches. The hull-form ...
resistance and propulsioncfdcfd/simulation/desk studiespowering
PaperComparison 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
PaperCombining deep reinforcement learning and computational fluid dynamics for efficient navigation in turbulent flows
10th International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering (MARINE 2023), Madrid, Spain
26 Jun 2023
Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) face significant challenges when navigating in turbulent environments, particularly when carrying out tasks ...
data sciencecfdmanoeuvringautonomy and decision support
PaperInfluence of Ullage Pressure on Wave Impacts Induced by Solitary Waves in a Flume Tank
33rd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE), Ottawa, Canada
19 Jun 2023
We study experimentally the wave impacts generated by solitary waves and a bathymetry profile as a function of the ullage pressure within the range ...
wave measurementswaves, impacts and hydrostructuralmeasurements and controlpropeller and cavitationmodel testing
PaperCFD Simulations of Two Wind Turbines Operating in Line
33rd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE), Ottawa, Canada
19 Jun 2023
Generally, the wake behind a wind turbine is characterized as a reduction in wind velocity and an increase in turbulence level compared to the free ...
wind farmsfloating wind turbineoffshore windcfdcfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperVerification Study for CFD Simulations of NTNU Blind Test 1 Wind Turbine
32nd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE), Shanghai, China
12 Jun 2023
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations with fully resolved turbine geometries are increasingly popular for wind turbine aerodynamic ...
offshore windfloating wind turbinecfdcfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperInnovative crash barrier concepts to prevent ship collisions with wind turbines
42nd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2023), Melbourne, Australia
11 Jun 2023
The rapid development of offshore wind farms coincides with a growing amount of ship movements. This combination puts pressure on maritime safety, ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringinfrastructureblue growthearly innovations and solutions