MagazineMeyer Werft and MARIN - a 30-year research partnership and still counting
MARIN Report 106
31 Aug 2012
Reading time 9 minutes
Many of the world's iconic cruise vessels have been under test at MARIN over the decades following the long-term cooperation with leading ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringsustainable propulsioncfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesmeasurements and controldata sciencesafe operations and human factorstime-domain simulationsmanoeuvringnoise and vibrationresistance and propulsioninfrastructureauthorities and regulatorsdefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingmonitoringsimulatorstraininghull form optimisationsafetysimulationscruise and ferry
MagazineYachting focus - Onboard comfort and Dynamic Positioning
MARIN Report 106
31 Aug 2012
Reading time 6 minutes
MARIN carries out a significant number of projects in the motor (or sailing) yacht sector. Here Report outlines a favourite subject of interest - ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringdynamic positioningmanoeuvringlife at seadefencepassengers and yachtingcomfort
MagazineLAURA Phase 2 gets underway
MARIN Report 106
31 Aug 2012
Reading time 3 minutes
The 'Launch and Recovery of any small navy craft' (LAURA) JIP enters its second phase and calls for new participants.
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringsafe operations and human factorsoil and gasauthorities and regulatorsdefenceoperabilityrisk assessmentseakeeping performance
MagazineNew Wageningen CD propeller series
MARIN Report 106
31 Aug 2012
Reading time 6 minutes
The open water characteristics for a large systematic series of Controllable Pitch Propellers (CPP) were recently measured at MARIN, including ...
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MagazineMeeting the dredger propulsion challenge
MARIN Report 106
31 Aug 2012
Reading time 3 minutes
Employing its full range of available tools and experience from sea trials, MARIN is successful in supporting the industry in the complicated field ...
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MagazineMARIN examines effects of passing ships
MARIN Report 106
31 Aug 2012
Reading time 3 minutes
Model tests to investigate the effects of passing ships are
performed in MARIN's Shallow Water Basin.
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MagazineFirst images of cavitation and ventilation in waves
MARIN Report 106
31 Aug 2012
Reading time 6 minutes
History was made on May 22 when the first-ever cavitating and ventilating images appeared on the monitors at MARIN's new Depressurised Wave Basin.
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringsustainable propulsionwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralmeasurements and controldata sciencesafe operations and human factorsdynamic positioningnoise and vibrationresistance and propulsionmarine systemslife at seapoweringdefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingmonitoringcavitationcomforterosionoperabilityperformance based assessmentpropeller designseakeeping performancespeed/power performancestructural responsecruise and ferry
MagazineNorth Sea near misses under scrutiny
MARIN Report 106
31 Aug 2012
Reading time 6 minutes
The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment has asked MARIN to develop methods to automatically detect near
misses and other hazardous ...
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MagazineVoyage Planner in RISING success
MARIN Report 106
31 Aug 2012
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN was tasked with modelling the hydrodynamics of an inland waterway vessel for the EU-backed RISING project, which Report
highlights here.
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PaperVerification and Validation for Marine Applications of CFD
29th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics (ONR), Gothenburg, Sweden
27 Aug 2012
This paper discusses Verification and Validation for CFD applications. It emphasizes the differences between the mathematical problem of “solving ...
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PaperQuasi-Steady Two-Quadrant Open Water Tests for the Wageningen Propeller C- and D-Series
29th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics (ONR), Gothenburg, Sweden
27 Aug 2012
The Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) has recently started a Joint Industry Project (JIP) on controllable pitch propeller (CPP) series ...
sustainable propulsionresistance and propulsionmarine systemspropeller designpropulsionpropellerpropulsor
PaperA computational study of shallow-water effects on ship viscous resistance
29th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics (ONR), Gothenburg, Sweden
27 Aug 2012
Double-body viscous flow computations have been made for 4 ships of very different proportions, for model and full scale, each in several water ...
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PaperAnalysis of scale effects in ship powering performance using a hybrid RANS-BEM approach
29th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics (ONR), Gothenburg, Sweden
27 Aug 2012
This paper discusses scale effects in ship powering performance using a hybrid RANS-BEM approach. The propeller action is included in the viscous ...
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PaperOn the Capability of a RANS Method to Assess the Cavitation Erosion Risk on a Hydrofoil
8th International Symposium on Cavitation (CAV2012), Singapore
13 Aug 2012
This paper aims at an assessment of the cavitation erosion risk by using a contemporary unsteady RANS method in conjunction with post-processing ...
sustainable propulsioncfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesresistance and propulsionmarine systemsdefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingresearch and developmentcavitationerosionresearch
PaperHigh-Speed Video Observations and Acoustic-Impact Measurements on a NACA 0015 Foil
8th International Symposium on Cavitation (CAV), Singapore
13 Aug 2012
A 6-cm long 2D NACA hydrofoil was tested in a cavitation tunnel at flow speeds of around 17 m/s. The objective of the tests was to investigate the ...
sustainable propulsioncfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesnoise and vibrationresistance and propulsionmarine systemsdefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingresearch and developmentcavitationresearch