MagazineMARIN's next top models
MARIN Report 91
1 Apr 2007
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MARIN is continuously developing modelling techniques to assist clients in optimising their DP configurations. Two examples of recent projects are ...
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MagazineDeep pit attracts full-tendon Shenzi TLP
MARIN Report 91
1 Apr 2007
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With its deep pit of 30 metres, the Offshore Basin offers the possibility of testing TLPs with their full-tendon length, even in ultra-deep waters. ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringmeasurements and controldata sciencerenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seamodel testingvortex induced motions (vim)offshore engineering
MagazineDesign and operations in the spotlight
MARIN Report 91
1 Apr 2007
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With high oil and gas prices, a shortage of energy resources and the demand for a greener environment, the production and transport of LNG is ...
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MagazineArjan Voogt, MARIN's new man in Houston
MARIN Report 91
1 Apr 2007
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Last year, with Dr Johan Wichers retirement approaching, MARIN re-evaluated its services in the Houston-market and asked Arjan Voogt to take up the ...
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MagazineRising to the challenge as free standing and hybrid risers increase in popularity
MARIN Report 91
1 Apr 2007
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Free standing and hybrid risers are increasingly finding applications in deepwater fields all over the world. This is particularly true in West ...
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MagazineNjord Gas Export project
MARIN Report 91
1 Apr 2007
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Imagine one of the largest crane vessels in the world ÐSaipemÕs S7000 Ð lifting and installing two gas modules onto a large floating production unit ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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MagazineTo R&D or not to R&D, that is a question?
MARIN Report 90
1 Feb 2007
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Hydrodynamic research and development are both pillars of MARIN's foundations and they have been since the very beginning. In order to deliver the ...
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MagazineSAFETUG provides first conclusions
MARIN Report 90
1 Feb 2007
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The tug industry is extremely busy and changing rapidly. Healthy order books are filled with interesting and innovative designs.
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MagazineVIM tests for multi-column platforms
MARIN Report 90
1 Feb 2007
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In the last few years the importance of current on the behaviour of offshore structures has become increasingly evident. For instance, the strong ...
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Magazine50 JIPs are flourishing
MARIN Report 90
1 Feb 2007
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MARIN sees the Joint Industry Project (JIP) as a crucial part of its business and takes this opportunity to provide an overview of the importance of ...
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Magazine'Creating' succes
MARIN Report
1 Feb 2007
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All is not as it first appears in the world of inland and shorsea shipping.
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