MagazineMARIN and SolarDuck push boundaries with floating solar array tests
MARIN Report 145
5 Dec 2025
In a groundbreaking collaboration, MARIN and the offshore solar pioneer SolarDuck have successfully completed high-precision stationkeeping tests of ...
floating solarearly innovations and solutionsoffshore operationsoffshore energyoffshore
MagazineJan De Nul bridges the gap between engineering and onboard decision support
MARIN Report 145
5 Dec 2025
Aiming to precisely predict the workability of dredging operations, Belgian marine contractor Jan De Nul has developed an accurate tool for office ...
MagazineReal-time simulations ensure safe transport of Oosterweel Tunnel elements
MARIN Report 145
5 Dec 2025
Following years of preparation and planning, one of Belgium’s most ambitious infrastructure projects—the completion of the Antwerp ring road—is ...
infrastructure
MagazineMARIN introduces new strategic plan: Oceans of Opportunities
MARIN Report 145
5 Dec 2025
With its centenary on the horizon, MARIN is set to introduce a new Strategic Plan: Oceans of opportunities, ensuring that it can continue to be an ...
PaperSimulating a Breaking Bow wave with a VoF RANS method
Wageningen 2025: Workshop on CFD in Ship Hydrodynamics, Wageningen, the Netherlands
17 Nov 2025
The breaking bow wave from the KCS case of the Wageningen workshop is simulated with an unsteady VoF RANS method, using the code ReFRESCO. The RANS ...
wave measurementssimulationscfdcfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperCFD Calculations for Free Running ONRT in Head Waves
Wageningen 2025: Workshop on CFD in Ship Hydrodynamics, Wageningen, the Netherlands
17 Nov 2025
This paper describes the simulations done for the ONR Tumblehome (ONRT) – Course Keeping in Waves case of the Wageningen 2025 Workshop on CFD in ...
cfdcfd/simulation/desk studiessimulationshydrodynamicsstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringseakeepingdefence
PaperAspects of source level estimation from sound measurements in MARIN's Depressurised Wave Basin
International Conference on Advanced Model Measurement Technology (AMT), Daejeon, Korea
29 Oct 2025
Propeller cavitation noise at full scale can be estimated from model-scale tests conducted in the Depressurised Wave Basin (DWB) at MARIN. Accurate ...
cavitationpropeller and cavitationmeasurements and controlnoise and vibrationmodel testing
PaperCommittee I.1: Environment
22nd International Ship and Offshore Structure Conference (ISSC 2025), Wuxi, China
26 Sep 2025
The Environment committee of ISSC 2025 deals with advancements in the description of the ocean environment. We consider the environmental variables ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralwave loadsextreme conditionsstability, seakeeping and ocean engineering
PaperModel tests on waterlily shaped offshore PV system
42nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC), Bilbao, Spain
22 Sep 2025
The European Union funded NATURSEA-PV project aims to develop a lily-inspired PV substructure solution to meet the specific needs for Offshore ...
floating solaroffshoreoffshore engineeringrenewablesblue growthmodel testing
PaperCoupling techniques between sub grids and across interfaces
27th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium (NuTTS 2025), Zagreb, Croatia
14 Sep 2025
Overset grids allow strong flexibility when computing flows around maritime constructions. For example, to allow motions between bodies inside the ...
cfd developmentcfdcfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperValidation Tools for the Assessment of Modelling Errors
27th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium (NuTTS 2025), Zagreb, Croatia
14 Sep 2025
Assessing the modelling errors of mathematical/computational models (Validation) used in Engineering is as important as developing new simulation ...
cfd developmentcfdcfd/simulation/desk studiesverification and validation
PaperEffect of aspect ratio on the deformation of flexible marine propellers in a uniform inflow using a RANS-FEM coupling
27th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium (NuTTS 2025), Zagreb, Croatia
14 Sep 2025
Ship propellers operate in a non-uniform wake fields. This results in fluctuating propeller loading when rotating. These variations reduce the ...
cfdresistance and propulsionhydrostructuralpropeller and cavitationcfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperBenchmark Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes study of a generic marine rudder’s static stall characteristics
Ocean Engineering
11 Sep 2025
When assessing manoeuvring performance it is common to perform steady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes computations for a range of turning ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesmanoeuvringcfd developmentcfddefencecfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperDesigning for dangerous waves - a new 'Adaptive Screening' method to predict extreme values of non-linear marine and coastal structure responses to waves
Reliability Engineering and System Safety
11 Jul 2025
Predicting extreme values of strongly non-linear hydrodynamic responses (such as wave impact loads) is crucial for ensuring the safety and ...
wave loadswaves, impacts and hydrostructuralwaves & motionshydrodynamicsships and structuresoffshore engineeringseakeepingcfd/simulation/desk studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineering
MagazineISO 15016:2025 Improved standard for speed/power trials
MARIN Report 144
30 Jun 2025
Following a four-year revision, the IMO MEPC83 accepted ISO 15016:2025 as the new standard for EEDI speed/power trials in April 2025. This ...
trials and monitoringinfrastructure