MagazineMonitoring to support inspection, maintenance and repair of offshore structures
MARIN Report 112
29 Aug 2014
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN has used measurements from one of the Advisory Hull Monitoring Systems for FPSOs to improve inspection schedule planning and to support ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralmeasurements and controldata scienceoil and gasmonitoringfatigueloads and responsesstructural responsewaves & motions
MagazineDry mooring line monitoring for floating production systems
MARIN Report 112
29 Aug 2014
Reading time 3 minutes
The LifeLine initiative, led by MARIN, seeks to develop a dry mooring monitoring alarm system based on position and motion
measurements only and ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringmeasurements and controldata sciencerenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremonitoringmooring and offloading
MagazineMARIN spearheads advanced wave impact modelling initiatives
MARIN Report 112
29 Aug 2014
Reading time 6 minutes
Due to the complexity of wave impact modelling, MARIN is starting several new research initiatives.
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralmeasurements and controldata sciencerenewablesoil and gasmonitoringstructural responsewaves & motions
PaperBenchmark study of slamming and whipping
Ocean Engineering
1 Aug 2014
Throughout the maritime world, considerable efforts have been spent on predicting loads associated with slamming. Up to now, little attention has, ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralseakeepingstructural response
PaperNumerical Uncertainty Estimation in Maritime CFD Applications
6th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECFD VI), Barcelona, Spain
22 Jul 2014
The results of a numerical uncertainty estimation procedure are presented for a variety of industrial CFD applications with a finite volume RaNS ...
cfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsresearch and developmentsimulationsverification and validationresearch
PaperTowards Large-Eddy Simulation Of Complex Flows In Maritime Applications
6th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECFD VI), Barselona, Spain
22 Jul 2014
Turbulent flows in maritime applications usually contain a wide range of length and time scales, especially for high Reynolds numbers. Therefore, it ...
cfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsresearch and developmentsimulationsresearch
PaperDifferences in workload of both skippers and pilots due to changes in environmental bank lights
5th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE), Kraków, Poland
19 Jul 2014
In the case a sea harbor is located in an inland area, seagoing vessels have to sail a part of their journey in inland waterways. On thee approach ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringsafe operations and human factorstime-domain simulationssimulatorstrainingworkload and performance measurements
PaperBow Shape Design For Increased Surface Performance Of An SSK Submarine
RINA Warship 2014: Naval Submarines & UUV’s, Bath, UK
18 Jun 2014
One of the major issues in operating diesel-electric powered (SSK) submarines at the surface is the high wave making resistance, leading to a fairly ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiessustainable propulsioncfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsmanoeuvringresistance and propulsionpoweringdefencehull form optimisationsimulations
PaperOn the Measurement of Submersion Ice Resistance of Ships, Using Artificial Ice
24th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, Busan, Korea
15 Jun 2014
This paper presents research in which an alternative to refrigerated ice for submersion resistance measurements on model scale is investigated. ...
sustainable propulsionmeasurements and controldata scienceresistance and propulsionpoweringmodel testingshipsice
PaperCreation of Warm Model Ice
33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, San Francisco, USA
13 Jun 2014
To predict loads on propellers in ice, model tests can be used. Using regular (refrigerated) cold model ice in ice basins is a valid option. ...
sustainable propulsionmeasurements and controldata scienceresistance and propulsionpoweringmodel testingpropulsionice
PaperCentre of Pressure of 6 Degree of Freedom Loads, Applied to Impact Measurements on a Propeller Blade
33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2014), San Francisco, California USA
13 Jun 2014
Load measurements on various structures and objects arenowadays common in technical industries and research fields.The same applies to numerical ...
sustainable propulsionwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralresistance and propulsionmarine systemspoweringpropulsionloadspropellerpropulsor
PaperImprovement of shallow-water basin wave generation using ‘anti-waves’
33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE), San Francisco, California, USA
13 Jun 2014
The demand for hydrodynamic research facilities to correctly model shallow-water effects associated with lowfrequency (LF) waves increases. ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralmeasurements and controldata sciencerenewablesoffshore operationsoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seaseakeepingmodel testingloads and responsesmooring and offloadingwaves & motionsoffshore engineering
PaperApplication of Focusing Wave Groups in Model Testing Practice
ASME 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2014), San Francisco, USA
13 Jun 2014
For hydrodynamic model testing different types of model waves are applied, where the most common ones are regular (monochromatic) and irregular ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringsustainable propulsionwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralmeasurements and controldata scienceresistance and propulsionpoweringseakeepingmodel testingpropulsionwaves & motions
PaperDynamic Behaviour of the Loads of Podded Propellers in Waves - Experimental and Numerical Simulations
33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2014), San Francisco, USA
13 Jun 2014
The paper focuses on the hydrodynamic flow around a ship with pods in waves and compares the results of an experimental campaign with numerical ...
sustainable propulsionwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesresistance and propulsionmarine systemspoweringpropulsionloadspropellerpropulsorwaves & motions
PaperInteraction Between Warm Model Ice and a Propeller
33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2014), San Francisco, USA
13 Jun 2014
Ships sailing in ice require a propeller that is able to endure both extreme loads and fatigue loads and operate efficiently in ice and open water. ...
sustainable propulsionmeasurements and controldata scienceresistance and propulsionmarine systemspoweringmodel testingpropulsionicepropellerpropulsor