PaperA method for early-stage design current loads determination on drill-ships
Ocean Engineering
1 Nov 2023
The increasing demand for offshore operations in deep water implies the necessity to predict station-keeping ability of offshore vessels since the ...
cfdstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringdynamic positioningmanoeuvringnautical operationsocean energyoffshore operationsoffshore wind
PaperSteering with wind propulsion
19th International Ship Stability Workshop, Istambul, Turkey
11 Sep 2023
Although sizeable compared to other energy saving measures, the majority of present installations of wind propulsion now sailing are relatively ...
wind assisted ships waspwind propulsionmanoeuvringzero emissionoperationssafety
PaperVerification of a Pressure-Based Compressible Flow Solver
International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics
17 Aug 2023
This paper presents Solution Verification exercises with the pressure-based compressible flow solver ReFRESCO for five test cases available in the ...
cfd/simulation/desk studiescfdcfd development
PaperRequired test durations for converged short-term wave and impact extreme value statistics - Part 2: Deck box dataset
Marine Structures
1 Jul 2023
In the assessment of wave-in-deck loads for new and existing maritime structures typically model tests are carried out. To determine the most ...
wave measurementsseakeepingextreme conditionsoffshoreloads and responseseventsconcept basin, cb
PaperRequired test durations for converged short-term wave and impact extreme value statistics - Part 1: Ferry dataset
Marine Structures
1 Jul 2023
For the design of maritime structures in waves, the extreme values of responses such as motions and wave impact loads are required. Waves and ...
wave measurementsextreme conditionsseakeepingloads and responseseventsmodel testingsmb
MagazineMachine Learning project kicks off
MARIN Report 136
28 Jun 2023
MARIN has launched AI Sail, a pilot project examining machine learning. In this project, we will let an algorithm learn to sail an Optimist in our ...
data science
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
PaperComparison of RANS Turbulence Models for the Simulation of Smooth Wall Boundary-Layers in Pressure Gradients at Moderateand 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 development