MagazineAccelerating sustainable innovations at sea
MARIN Report 134
12 Dec 2022
Reading time 12 minutes
In line with MARIN’s focus on accelerating the innovative developments of our clients we decided to organise a special seminar dedicated to maritime ...
early innovations and solutionsrenewableslife at sea
MagazineSmaller vessels focus on lowering emissions
MARIN Report 134
12 Dec 2022
Reading time 6 minutes
In support of small businesses aiming to achieve zero emissions, MARIN was recently involved in two studies for the smaller vessel segment. The ...
marine systemszero emissionhull form optimisationresistance and propulsion
MagazineWave-in-deck and vapour pocket model tests
MARIN Report 134
12 Dec 2022
Reading time 12 minutes
Fresh insight into impact load assessment has been gained following two BreaKin JIPs and the IMBOL project, which is a continuation of the SLING ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralwave loadsloads and responsesdepressurised wave basin
MagazineBeware of parametric roll in following seas
MARIN Report 134
12 Dec 2022
Reading time 12 minutes
With major industry stakeholders on board, the Joint Industry Project TopTier has been launched to address concerns about the safety and ...
traffic and safetytransport and shippingmeasurements and controlonboard advisory
MagazineOptiwise aims to improve the design and control of ships using wind propulsion
MARIN Report 134
12 Dec 2022
Reading time 6 minutes
MARIN, together with the consortium outlined below, has initiated ‘Optiwise’, an EU funded research and innovation project aiming to improve and ...
wind propulsionenergy saving
MagazineStudies for a new riverbank connection in Rotterdam
MARIN Report 134
12 Dec 2022
Reading time 6 minutes
As part of a long-term spatial planning programme on housing a new riverbank connection is being designed in the city of Rotterdam. It crosses the ...
real-time simulationsfast-time simulationsinfrastructure
MagazineSupporting the navy of the future
MARIN Report 134
12 Dec 2022
Reading time 12 minutes
MARIN opened a dedicated Defence Department in July, which combines all of its defence-related expertise in one central location. The aim is to ...
defencenavy
PaperHigh-fidelity CFD simulations for the wake characteristics of the NTNU BT1 wind turbine
Energy
9 Dec 2022
In this work, we present the results of the wake characteristics of a model-scale horizontal-axis wind turbine (HAWT) obtained from high-fidelity ...
cfdcfd development
PaperApplication of a maritime CFD code to a benchmark problem for non-Newtonian fluids: the flow around a sphere
International Shipbuilding Progress
7 Dec 2022
The ship’s resistance and manoeuvrability in shallow waters can be adversely influenced by the presence of fluid mud layers on the seabed of ports ...
cfdcfd/simulation/desk studiesmanoeuvring and nautical studiesnautical operations
PaperAutonomous docking of a feeder vessel
International Ship Control Systems Symposium (iSCSS), Delft, The Netherlands
8 Nov 2022
Autonomous sailing is seen as one of the possible solutions to cope with the decrease in qualified personnel, to minimise the risk to humans and ...
manoeuvringmeasurements and controlautonomy and decision support
PaperPrediction of underwater radiated noise from propeller cavitation during concept design
7th International Symposium of Marine Propulsors (smp2022), Wuxi, China
17 Oct 2022
There is growing concern about the impact of underwater radiated noise (URN) on marine life. One of the main sources of URN of ships is propeller ...
noise and vibrationpropeller and cavitation
PaperPredicting the higher-order harmonics of propeller-induced hull-pressure fluctuations by tip-vortex cavitation
7th International Symposium on Marine Propulsors (SMP2022), Wuxi, China
17 Oct 2022
Cavitating propellers generate pressure fluctuations on the hull of the ship and emit underwater sound. These pressure fluctuations are usually ...
PaperUncertainty quantification in the prediction of cavitation inception of the Duisburg Propeller Test Case
24th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium (NuTTS), Zagreb, Croatia
16 Oct 2022
Accurate quantitative prediction of marine propeller performance and cavitaiton inception criteria has important implications for the eventual ship ...
resistance and propulsioncfdcfd developmentpropeller and cavitationcfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperOn the Formulation of a Pressure-Based Multiphase Compressible-Incompressible Flow Solver
24th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium (NuTTS), Zagreb, Croatia
16 Oct 2022
ReFRESCO (www.refresco.org) is a flow solver developed with maritime applications in mind. Therefore, in its original formulation, single and ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfd developmentcfdhydrostructuralcfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperFluid Structure Interaction using beam models
24th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium (NuTTS), Zagreb, Croatia
16 Oct 2022
Nowadays, significant developments of wind power technology are achieved in Europe, in alignment with the rising need for sustainability in ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfdcfd developmentdynamic positioningoffshore windrenewablescfd/simulation/desk studies