MagazineExploring the possibilities of a Floating Future: ‘Enabling climate adaptive innovations’
MARIN Report 133
8 Apr 2022
Reading time 12 minutes
Water may offer an opportunity for creating safe space through the use of large-scale floating developments. Initiated by MARIN and Blue Revolution ...
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MagazineIs a Green FPSO the answer for future low carbon feedstock and fuel?
MARIN Report 133
8 Apr 2022
Reading time 6 minutes
The moonshot idea of a Green FPSO may be closer to reality than we think. Although extremely ambitious indeed, it seems unlikely that there will be ...
PaperAn eddy-viscosity model for turbulent flows of Herschel-Bulkley fluids
Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
1 Mar 2022
This article presents a new turbulence closure based on the k-ω SST model for predicting turbulent flows of Herschel-Bulkley fluids, including ...
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PaperOn the accuracy, robustness, and performance of high order interpolation schemes for the overset method on unstructured grids
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids
1 Feb 2022
A comprehensive study on interpolation schemes used in overset grid techniques is here presented. Based on a literature review, numerous schemes are ...
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PaperOC6 Phase 1a - CFD Simulations of the Free-Decay Motion of the DeepCwind Semisubmersible
Energies
5 Jan 2022
Currently, the design of floating offshore wind systems is primarily based on mid-fidelity models with empirical drag forces. The tuning of the ...
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PaperPredicting Transition for the 6:1 Prolate Spheroid Using the RANS Equations
AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, San Diego, CA, USA and Virtual
3 Jan 2022
The incorporation of the effects of laminar-to-turbulent transition in CFD has become a topic of growing importance, due to the inability of well ...
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PaperOn the Simulation of Low Reynolds Number Flows using the RANS Equations with Eddy-Viscosity and Transition Models
AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, San Diego, CA, USA and Virtual
3 Jan 2022
This paper presents the results obtained with an incompressible flow solver for the two-dimensional test cases proposed for the first AIAA CFD ...
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PaperModeling of high-Re, incompressible, non-equilibrium, rough-wall boundary layers for naval applications under NATO-AVT349
AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, San Diego, CA, USA and Virtual
3 Jan 2022
This paper discusses the modeling activity of the NATO-STO Research Task Group AVT-349. The aim of this group is to improve the understanding and ...
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PaperExperimental and Computational Study of 2D Smooth Wall Turbulent Boundary Layers in Pressure Gradient
AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, San Diego, CA, USA and Virtual
3 Jan 2022
This paper describes a collaborative experimental and computational study of smooth wall boundary layers in a systematic family of favorable and ...
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PaperComputations of the BeVERLI Hill Three-dimensional Separating Flow Model Validation Cases
AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, San Diego, CA, USA and Virtual
3 Jan 2022
The BeVERLI (Benchmark Validation Experiment for RANS/LES Investigations) Hill project aims at producing a detailed experimental database of ...
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PaperCFD Simulations and Experiments of a Submarine in Turn, Zigzag, and Surfacing Maneuvers
Journal of Ship Research
23 Dec 2021
We present simulations and experiments of the generic submarine Joubert BB2 performing standard turn, zigzag, and surfacing maneuvers in calm water ...
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PaperVerification and validation of CFD simulations for semi-submersible floating offshore wind turbine under pitch free-decay motion
Ocean Engineering
15 Dec 2021
In this paper a detailed verification and validation study is performed to evaluate the accuracy of CFD simulations for a semi-submersible floating ...
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PaperAssessment of Discretization Uncertainty Estimators Based on Grid Refinement Studies
Journal of Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification
1 Dec 2021
This paper presents the assessment of the performance of nine discretization uncertainty estimates based on grid refinement studies including ...
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PaperOC6 Phase 1b - Validation of the CFD predictions of difference-frequency wave excitation on a FOWT semisubmersible
Ocean Engineering
1 Dec 2021
During the previous OC5 project, state-of-the-art mid-fidelity engineering tools for floating wind systems were found to consistently underpredict ...
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PaperAdaptive evolution of flight in Morpho butterflies
Science
25 Nov 2021
The diversity of flying animals suggests that countless combinations of flight morphologies and behaviors have evolved with specific lifestyles, ...
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