PaperHeel angles in turn and passenger safety
Sustainable and Safe Passenger Ships, Athens, Greece
4 Mar 2020
The present paper addresses the issue of heel angles in turn, focusing on experimental results, existing regulations and passenger safety. ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seamonitoringtrials and monitoring
MagazineComparing azimuthing thrusters and conventional shaftlines for propulsive efficiency of pushboatbarge convoys
MARIN Report 128
21 Jan 2020
Azimuthing thrusters can serve as an interesting alternative to conventional shaftlines. But how does this affect powering performance and ...
azimuthing thrustersshaflinespowering perfomanceefficiency
MagazineScreening for extreme wave events
MARIN Report 128
21 Jan 2020
Extreme waves can have significant consequences for ships and offshore structures at sea. When hit by a wave local damage may occur, personnel may ...
exreme wavesoffshore structures at sea,
MagazineImpact of draught on transport capacity of a pushboat-barge convoy
MARIN Report 128
21 Jan 2020
Voyage analysis as a tool for analysing operational costs of a pushboat-barge convoy in different loading conditions sailing upstream on the River ...
inland shipping
MagazineMARIN research plays key role in new government guidelines for inland waterways in rivers
MARIN Report 128
21 Jan 2020
Rijkswaterstaat is responsible for the design, construction, management and maintenance of the main infrastructure facilities in the Netherlands, ...
inland waterwaysrijkswaterstaatfast-time simulations
MagazineVirtual Ship - smart navigation that saves fuel!
MARIN Report 128
21 Jan 2020
MARIN has developed a prototype, navigational aid system, called Virtual Ship. It advises inland skippers on the optimal track and speed during ...
transport and shippingspeed/power performanceinland shipping
MagazineDr Eduardo Minguito Cardeña reflects on his 40-year career as he retires from NAVANTIA
MARIN Report 128
21 Jan 2020
Dr Eduardo Minguito Cardeña, Head of Tests and New Technologies Department at Spanish shipbuilder NAVANTIA, is a familiar face to anyone involved in ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringcfd/simulation/desk studiesdefencemodel testing
MagazineMARIN and the Dutch government join forces to examine the navigational safety of inland ships in shallow water
MARIN Report 128
21 Jan 2020
MARIN has joined forces with Rijkswaterstaat – the Dutch government’s executive agency in charge of public works and water management in the ...
safetyinland shippingmanoeuvring
MagazineFoiling future and the Wageningen Φ-series JIP proposal
MARIN Report 128
21 Jan 2020
MARIN’s main research objective is to develop new concepts for foiling vessels (possibly combined with a foil integrated electric propulsion ...
propulsionjoint industry project
PaperUsing CFD to determine scale effects on current loads of offshore vessels in side-by-side configuration
Ocean Engineering
1 Jan 2020
The scale effects and the shielding effects on the current loads for typical offshore vessels in side-by-side configuration are investigated using ...
cfdside-by-sidemodel testing
PaperOn the accuracy of partially averaged Navier–Stokes resolution estimates
International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow
1 Dec 2019
Partially Averaged Navier–Stokes computations can employ three different approaches for specifying the ratio of modelled-to-total turbulence kinetic ...
cfdcfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperInvestigating the Effect of the Closure in Partially-Averaged Navier–Stokes Equations
Journal of Fluids Engineering
1 Dec 2019
The importance of the turbulence closure to the modeling accuracy of the partially-averaged Navier–Stokes equations (PANS) is investigated in ...
cfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperCFD Simulation of Semi-Submersible Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Under Pitch Decay Motion
2nd International Offshore Wind Technical Conference, St.Julians, Malta
3 Nov 2019
The application of a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code to simulate the response of a semi-submersible floating wind turbine under pitch decay ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringcfdocean energyrenewablescfd/simulation/desk studiesblue growthfloating wind turbine
PaperA pragmatic method to simulate maneuvering in waves
SNAME Maritime Convention (SMC), Tacoma, Washington, USA
30 Oct 2019
In recent years, the need for a quantification of “maneuvering in waves” has increased due to both requirements for heading and track keeping of ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringtime-domain simulationsmanoeuvringcfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperThe effect of leeway angle on the propeller performance
RINA International Conference on Wind Propulsion, London, UK
15 Oct 2019
One of the aspects influencing the performance of wind assisted vessels is the effect of leeway (drift) angle on the propeller performance. It is ...
cfd/simulation/desk studiesresistance and propulsionpropeller and cavitationmodel testing