PaperOn Predicting Cavitation-Induced Hull Pressure Fluctuations - Wake Scale Effects And Signal Variability
IMarEST Ship Noise and Vibration Conference, London, UK
24 Nov 2010
This paper presents research efforts currently made to incorporate the influence of wake scaling and signal variability in scale model experiments ...
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PaperPrediction and verification of the maneuverability of naval surface ships
SNAME Annual Meeting and Ship Production Symposium, Seattle/Bellevue, WA, USA
3 Nov 2010
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Specialist Team for Seaway Mobility (ST/SM) has progressed significantly in the development of new ...
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PaperValidation of Time Domain Seakeeping Codes for a Destroyer Hull Form Operating in Steep Stern-quartering Seas
ITTC Workshop on Seakeeping, Seoul, Korea
22 Oct 2010
The paper describes the validation of two time domain methods to simulate the behaviour of a destroyer operating in steep, stern-quartering seas. ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringseakeepingdefenceseakeeping performancenavy
PaperAnalysis of the Velocities in the Wake of an Azimuthing Thruster, using PIV Measurements and CFD Calculations
Dynamic Positioning Conference, Houston, Texas, USA
12 Oct 2010
The wake flow behind a ducted azimuthing thruster was investigated, both in open water conditions and with the thruster placed under a schematical ...
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PaperOn the influence of viscous effects on 2-D cavitating vortices
9th International Conference on Hydrodynamics, Shanghai, China
11 Oct 2010
This paper describes the influence of viscous effects on an axisymmetric cavitating vortex in 2-D viscous incompressible flow for steady and ...
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PaperComputation of Scale Effects in Free-Surface Flows near a Ship’s Transom
13th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium (NuTTS'10), Duisburg, Germany
10 Oct 2010
In the European project VIRTUE, an EC-funded project under the 6th Framework program, several participants have cooperated in carrying out research ...
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PaperCFD-Based Optimization for Minimal Power and Wake Field Quality
11th International Symposium on Practical Design of Ships and Other Floating Structures (PRADS), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
19 Sep 2010
This paper discusses a procedure to optimize ship hull forms for minimum required power and best wake field quality, based on CFD computations of ...
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PaperQuantifying Roughness Effects by Ship Viscous Flow Calculations
28th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Pasadena, California, USA
16 Sep 2010
This paper addresses the effects of hull roughness on viscous flows around ships. These effect are computed replacing the typically non-uniform ...
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PaperA comparative study on state-of-the-art prediction tools for seakeeping
28th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Pasadena, California, USA
14 Sep 2010
An accurate prediction of the seakeeping behavior of ships is important for both their design and operation. The following issues play a role: Wave ...
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PaperA Practical Approach to Ship Slamming in Waves
28th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Pasadena, California
12 Sep 2010
Bow flare slamming can cause very large impulse loadings to a ship’s structure that can result in local damage or severe whipping responses that may ...
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MagazineQuantifying quality
MARIN Report 100
26 Aug 2010
Reading time 3 minutes
MARIN is working to provide measurement results with a specified confidence interval. Report outlines the reasons why 'quantifying confidence' is so ...
MagazinePioneering purpose-built wind turbine installation vessels under test
MARIN Report 100
26 Aug 2010
Reading time 6 minutes
For large offshore wind farms significant time and therefore, cost can be reduced by using a purpose-built installation vessel. MARIN carried out a ...
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MagazineCorrelation of speed-power predictions by model tests
MARIN Report 100
26 Aug 2010
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Speed-power prediction plays an essential role in ship design. At MARIN the unique combination of model-scale and full-scale services are present, ...
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MagazinePulling together in ROPES JIP
MARIN Report 100
26 Aug 2010
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With the increase of ship size and the planning of new terminals along waterways and port
entrances, the effects of passing ships on the motions and ...
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MagazineWorld's deepest TLP becomes MARIN's 9,000th test model!
MARIN Report 100
26 Aug 2010
Reading time 3 minutes
In Spring 2010, the world deepest TLP (5,187 ft) was tested at MARIN for Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and FloaTEC. The 'Big Foot' TLP represents MARIN's ...
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