MagazineAssisting the fishing industry
MARIN Report 131
7 Apr 2021
Our seas and oceans are a breeding ground for an abundance of high protein food: fish. Fish requires three to eight times less valuable nutrients ...
fish farmcfdblue growthmodel testingoffshoreoffshore wind
MagazineMARIN’s new FlowPike makes ship-scale flow measurements possible
MARIN Report 131
7 Apr 2021
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With the growing availability of computing power, the means of resolving flow field details is also increasing. Although a simulation of ship-scale ...
propeller and cavitationfull scale
MagazineThe Atmosphere in operation
MARIN Report 131
7 Apr 2021
MARIN officially opened ‘The Atmosphere’ in October 2020. This new facility, with an autoclave of 15 m long and 2.5 m diameter at its heart, offers ...
wave measurements
MagazineFive fascinating projects tackle the latest offshore and shipping topics
MARIN Report 131
7 Apr 2021
These Joint Industry Projects examine the potential of a partially floating energy hub, improved bubble screen use, a methodology for testing and ...
MagazineFloating Islands one step closer to realisation as Space@Sea project completes
MARIN Report 131
7 Apr 2021
The Horizon 2020 funded Space@Sea project kicked off in November 2017, with the aim of taking a further step towards the efficient use of the ...
offshorefloating wind turbinefloating island
MagazineUnderstanding and optimising human operator performance
MARIN Report 131
7 Apr 2021
The maritime domain covers a huge variety of operations, from 400 m plus size container vessels to fast rigid hull inflatable boats to inland barges ...
MagazineGrowing interest in floating food production
MARIN Report 131
7 Apr 2021
One of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals pledges to “end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable ...
PaperExperimental investigations on conventional and unconventional boost systems to assist take-off of hydrofoil crafts
7th High Performance Yacht Design Conference
11 Mar 2021
In 2020, a dedicated research regarding the take-off was granted. The objective was to investigate experimentally unconventional solutions to ...
PaperExperimental Flow-Induced Motions of a FOWT Semi-Submersible Type (OC4 Phase II Floater)
Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering
1 Feb 2021
F low-induced motions (FIM) are an issue for floating offshore structures, such as multicolumnplatforms, as the phenomenon can decrease the fatigue ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringmeasurements and controloffshore windrenewablesmodel testing
PaperAssessing Numerical Aspects of Transitional Flow Simulations Using the RANS Equations
International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics
14 Jan 2021
This paper addresses the influence of the scheme used in the convective terms of turbulence and transition transport equations on the numerical ...
resistance and propulsioncfdcfd/simulation/desk studiescfd development
PaperSolution Verification Studies of a Pressure-Based Compressible Flow Solver
14th WCCM & ECCOMAS Congress 2020
11 Jan 2021
Although considering the fluid to be incompressible is a common and valid approximation in most hydrodynamic simulations, certain phenomena like ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfdhydrostructuraloffshore operationsseakeepingcfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperVerification of BDF Time-Integration Method with Variable Step Size
14th WCCM & ECCOMAS Congress 2020
11 Jan 2021
Solution methods for systems of ordinary differential equations with variable step size base their choice for the step size on (an estimate of) the ...
cfdcfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperTransition and Turbulence Modeling for the Prediction of Cavitating Tip Vortices
Journal of Fluids Engineering
1 Jan 2021
This study evaluates the influence of transition and turbulence modeling on the prediction of wetted and cavitating tip vortices for an elliptical ...
resistance and propulsioncfdnoise and vibrationpropeller and cavitationcfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperReliability analysis of crabbing manoeuvre
5th International Conference on Maritime Engineering and Technology (MARTECH 2020), Lisbon, Portugal
16 Dec 2020
In this study reliability analysis methods are applied to the crabbing manoeuvre of a ship. The objective is to express the crabbing capability of a ...
manoeuvringanalysis and predictionoperabilitypassengers and yachtingrisk assessment
MagazineWINDOS - assessment of wind loads on floatingstructures
MARIN Report 130
7 Dec 2020
MARIN’s software WINDOS provides a cost-effective way to assess the impact of wind loads on ships and offshore constructions. Wind forces ...
softwarewind loadsoffshore