PaperAccuracy of viscous resistance computations for ships including free surface effects
International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering (MARINE 2007), Barcelona, Spain
5 Jun 2007
The European 6th-framework project VIRTUE aims at advancing the use of CFD in ship design. Workpackage 1 of this project considers the prediction of ...
cfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsoil and gastransport and shippingresearch and developmentsimulationsresearch
PaperFlow Induced Motions of Multi Column Floaters
26th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2007), San Diego, California, USA
1 Jun 2007
Recent years have shown an increasing interest in low frequency response of offshore floaters in current. Spar VIM behavior and Semi Submersible ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralmeasurements and controldata sciencerenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seamodel testingresearch and developmentloads and responsesmooring and offloadingmotionsvortex induced motions (vim)offshore engineeringresearch
PaperFree-Surface Flow Modelling with Interface Capturing Techniques
International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering (MARINE 2007), Barcelona, Spain
1 Jun 2007
MARIN, HSVA and TUHH are jointly developing the RANS-code FRESCO. The freesurface modelling part of the code is based on interface capturing. ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at searesearch and developmentloads and responsesmotionssimulationsoffshore engineeringresearch
PaperMaritime and Marine Risk Assessment of Oil Spills
Windtech International
1 Jun 2007
Just offshore from the Dutch town Egmond aan Zee, a wind farm has recently become operational. As part of the project, a monitoring and evaluation ...
autonomy and controlmanoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsrenewablesrisk assessmentsimulationscollisionwind farms
PaperViscous Flow Computations on Smooth Cylinders - a Detailed Numerical Study with Validation
26th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2007), San Diego, California, USA
1 Jun 2007
The objective of this paper is to investigate several numerical and modelling features that the CFD community is currently using to compute the flow ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesmeasurements and controldata sciencetime-domain simulationsrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seamodel testingresearch and developmentloads and responsessimulationsoffshore engineeringresearch
PaperVerification of RANS solvers with manufactured solutions
Engineering with Computers
30 May 2007
This paper discusses code verification of Reynolds-Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) solvers with the method of manufactured solutions (MMS). Examples ...
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PaperAchievements and challenges in cavitation research on ship propellers
International Shipbuilding Progress
9 May 2007
Cavitation occurs on nearly all ship propellers. It may lead to expensive problems if not acknowledged in an early design stage. The two most ...
cfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsresearch and developmentsimulationsresearch
PaperSensing and Understanding Fatigue Lifetime of New and Converted FPSOs
Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), Houston, Texas, USA
1 May 2007
From the very beginning of offshore exploration it has been well-known that permanently moored offshore installations are continuously subjected to ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seamonitoringtrials and monitoringfatigueloads and responsesstructural responsefull scaleoffshore engineering
PaperExtreme Wave Effects on Deepwater Floating Structures
Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), Houston, Texas, USA
1 May 2007
Extreme waves can lead to damage to floating offshore structure as a result of airgap problems, greenwater on the deck or slamming to the hull. As ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesmeasurements and controldata sciencetime-domain simulationsrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seamodel testingresearch and developmentextreme conditionsloads and responsesmotionssimulationswaves & motionsoffshore engineeringresearch
PaperHydrodynamic advice of Sailing Yachts through Seakeeping Study
18th Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium, Annapolis, Maryland, USA
1 Mar 2007
The paper presents the different techniques to study seakeeping behavior and performance of sailing yachts. Such techniques involve both numerical ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringsustainable propulsionmeasurements and controldata scienceresistance and propulsionseakeepingpassengers and yachtingmodel testingextreme conditionshull form optimisationseakeeping performance
PaperA manufactured solution for a two-dimensional steady wall-bounded incompressible turbulent flow
International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics
1 Mar 2007
This paper presents a manufactured solution (MS), resembling a two-dimensional, steady, wallbounded, incompressible, turbulent flow for RANS codes ...
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PaperHydro-Elastic Criterion for Practical Design
PRADS, Houston
23 Feb 2007
A new hydro-elastic criterion which can be used inpractical design of marine structures is proposed in thispaper. By application of this criterion a ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralmonitoringtrials and monitoringhydro-elasticityslammingsloshing
PaperSimulation of Towing Operation Risks
The 18th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL2007), Stavanger, Norway
9 Feb 2007
The SafeTrans Joint Industry Project (JIP) was founded in 1997 to develop an improved, PC based method for transport and tow engineering. The ...
cfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsresearch and developmentsimulationsresearch
PaperOn the power savings by an auxiliary kite propulsion
International Shipbuilding Progress
1 Dec 2006
A performance study of auxiliary wind propulsion for commercial ships by means of a traction kite is presented. It is not focusing on practical ...
sustainable propulsionresistance and propulsionpropulsion
PaperFuel consumption and emission predictions: application to a DP–FPSO concept
Dynamic Positioning Conference 2006, Houston, TX, USA
17 Nov 2006
From 2000 through 2003 a joint industry project (DP-JIP) was carried out, in which the effects of various dynamic positioning control options were ...
cfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at searesearch and developmentsimulationsoffshore engineeringresearch