MagazineMARIN's latest involvement in floating wind energy
MARIN Report 118
19 Aug 2016
Reading time 6 minutes
A multi-turbine, floating concept will be tested in the offshore basin for the first time this year as floating wind energy takes the next step. ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seaeventswave loadswind farmsoffshore engineering
MagazineBright future for offshore wind
MARIN Report 118
19 Aug 2016
Reading time 3 minutes
Ernst van Zuilen, director of TKI Wind op Zee (Top consortium for Knowledge and Innovation Offshore Wind), gives his view about the future of ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seaeventswave loadswind farmsoffshore engineering
MagazineLeanShips demonstrates fuel-saving potential
MARIN Report 118
19 Aug 2016
Reading time 6 minutes
Energy-saving solutions are the focus of the LeanShips' initiatives. MARIN and its partners are involved in several projects.
sustainable propulsionresistance and propulsionmarine systemsfuel efficiencypropeller designenergy saving
MagazineDevelopments in ship performance monitoring and analysis for CO2 emission reduction
MARIN Report 118
19 Aug 2016
Reading time 3 minutes
In April 2015, the European Union adopted a mandatory Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) regulation for CO2 emissions resulting from ...
sustainable propulsionmeasurements and controldata scienceresistance and propulsionpoweringtransport and shippingmonitoringperformance based assessment
MagazineAccurate predictions for noise levels of cavitating propellers now possible
MARIN Report 118
19 Aug 2016
Reading time 6 minutes
As underwater radiated noise levels in the oceans increases, MARIN has investigated just how much cavitating propellers are to blame.
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringsustainable propulsionmeasurements and controldata sciencenoise and vibrationresistance and propulsionoil and gasmarine systemsdefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingmonitoringcavitationoffloadingpropeller design
MagazineMARIN assists The Ocean Cleanup by testing its pioneering barrier
MARIN Report 118
19 Aug 2016
Reading time 6 minutes
The Dutch foundation The Ocean Cleanup is developing technologies to extract plastic debris from the oceans and currently, the organisation is ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seamodel testinghydro-elasticitymooring and offloadingmotionsloadsoffshore basinobwave loadswaves & motionsoffshore engineering
MagazineNew North Sea route structure improves safety around future wind farms
MARIN Report 118
19 Aug 2016
Reading time 6 minutes
MARIN has performed several safety studies for Belgian and Dutch wind farms over the years in order to assess the impact on shipping. Recently, this ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringrenewablesauthorities and regulatorstransport and shippingsafetysafety assessmentwind farms
PaperPreliminary considerations on a unified model for hydrodynamic forces
3rd International Conference on Maritime Technology and Engineering (MARTECH), Lisbon, Portugal
4 Jul 2016
Choosing the correct formulation for setting the manoeuvring kinematic and dynamic quantities into non-dimensional form becomes critical when low ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiescfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsdynamic positioningmanoeuvringinfrastructuredefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingsimulations
PaperNumerical Simulation of Cavitation on a Horizontal Axis Tidal Turbine
The 26th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE), Rhodes, Greece
26 Jun 2016
For tidal turbines mounted on floating structures the possibility of cavitation occurring on the blades is higher than for seabed mounted tidal ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringsustainable propulsioncfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesresistance and propulsionrenewablesmarine systemsdefencepassengers and yachtingtransport and shippingresearch and developmentcavitationeventsrenewable energyresearch
PaperA Study on Simplified Loading Models for Vertical Wave-in-deck Loading
The 26th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE), Rhodes, Greece
26 Jun 2016
Wave-in-deck model tests were carried out with vertical load measurements, pressure measurements and a two camera high speed video setup. With the ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralmeasurements and controldata sciencerenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seamodel testingextreme conditionshydro-elasticityloads and responsesslammingstructural responsewaves & motionsoffshore engineering
PaperOn The Effects Of Turbulence Modeling On The Fluid-Structure Interaction Of A Rigid Cylinder
35th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2016), Busan, South Korea
24 Jun 2016
The cylinder flow is a canonical problem for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), as it can display several of the most relevant issues for a wide ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesresearch and developmentvortex induced vibrations (viv)research
PaperOn the Numerical Prediction of Transitional Flows With Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes and Scale-Resolving Simulation Models
35th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2016), Busan, South Korea
24 Jun 2016
The present work investigates the transitional flow around a smooth circular cylinder at Reynolds number Re = 140,000. The flow is resolved using ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesoil and gasresearch and developmentresearch
PaperNumerical Simulation Of Nonlinear Free Surface Water Waves - Coupling Of A Potential Flow Solver To A URANS/VoF Code
35th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2016), Busan, South Korea
24 Jun 2016
Numerical simulation of free surface water waves using various wave models is studied. The performance of the wave models is compared in three test ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesmodel testingresearch and developmentwaves & motionsresearch
PaperValidation - What, Why And How
35th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2016), Busan, South Korea
24 Jun 2016
Offshore and Naval engineering have relied on physical models, i.e. experimental fluid dynamics (EFD), for several decades. Although the role of ...
cfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesresearch and developmentverification and validationresearch
PaperMethodology for the design of LNG terminals in a nearshore environment
35th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2016)), Busan, South Korea
19 Jun 2016
Nowadays, more and more nearshore LNG terminals are being built as it offers easy access to vessels coming from deep water and mitigates the risk by ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiessafe operations and human factorstime-domain simulationsrenewablesoffshore operationsoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seatransport and shippingloads and responsesmooring and offloadingmotionsoperabilitysimulationsoffshore engineering