MagazineCreate3s: Reducing costs for shortsea shipping
MARIN Report 94
22 aug. 2008
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MARIN is participating in the EU project Create3s, which aims to bring down the cost of shortsea shipping by introducing new manufacturing and ...
MagazineMY Wheels - An expedition through MARIN's services
MARIN Report 94
22 aug. 2008
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For the 50m expedition vessel MY Wheels, MARIN assisted its designer Vripack¨ with design consultancy and model testing. Work focused on propulsive ...
MagazineShip emissions in the port of Rotterdam revealed by AIS data
MARIN Report 94
22 aug. 2008
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The Dutch government wants to reduce pollution from ships in the North Sea and to this end it is keen to get a better understanding of ships' ...
MagazineService Performance Analysis helps cut fuel costs
MARIN Report 94
22 aug. 2008
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Soaring oil prices have a huge impact on the shipping industry. For most vessels, bunker costs now account for more than half of their operational ...
MagazineFuel saving by hydrodynamic design
MARIN Report 94
22 aug. 2008
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Soaring fuel costs and the growing need for sustainability has caused an unprecedented demand for a reduction in fuel consumption. Report asks if ...
sustainable propulsionresistance and propulsionmarine systemspoweringpropeller design
MagazineVessel Operator Forum meets in Norway and France and welcomes fresh initiatives
MARIN Report 94
22 aug. 2008
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Feedback from the actual service of ships is the key to successful concept and design development. In addition, dedicated R&D can benefit the vessel ...
research and developmentresearch
MagazineIs slowing down always the answer to combat soaring oil prices?
MARIN Report 94
22 aug. 2008
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Towering bunker prices are clearly here to stay and they will finally lead to either lowering vessel design speeds, or to a further increase in ...
MagazineCFD casts new light on transom stern design
MARIN Report 94
22 aug. 2008
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Today most motor yachts, ferries and container ships are designed with
a wide transom stern. Transom stern design can have a large effect on fuel ...
cfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studies
MagazineFuel savings for DP vessels
MARIN Report 94
22 aug. 2008
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Dynamic positioning is a well-adapted technology in oil and gas production. It enables new reserves to be explored and exploited in ever more remote ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesmeasurements and controldata sciencedynamic positioningmodel testing
MagazineSaving while sailing
MARIN Report 94
22 aug. 2008
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MARIN hosted the launch of the 'Inland shipping fuel saving competition' which has been initiated by the VoortVarend Besparen (Full Sail Ahead with ...
MagazineInnovative hull design brings victory again
MARIN Report 94
22 aug. 2008
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Delft University Solar Boat Team wins Frisian Solar Challenge for the second time
PaperDeriving mathematical manoeuvring models for bare ship hulls using viscous flow calculations
Journal of Marine Science and Technology
23 jul. 2008
To assess the manoeuvrability of ships at the early design stage, reliable simulation models are required. Traditionally, these tools have used ...
manoeuvring and nautical studiesmanoeuvringcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiescfd
PaperSimilarity solutions for viscous cavitating vortex cores
Cavitation: Turbo-machinery & Medical Applications, WIMRC FORUM 2008, Coventry, UK
7 jul. 2008
Theoretical analysis of the dynamic behavior of cavitating vortices requires knowledge of the velocity distribution in the vortex core. For that ...
sustainable propulsioncfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsnoise and vibrationresistance and propulsionresearch and developmentsimulationsresearch
PaperAnalysis of inertial waves on inviscid cavitating vortices in relation to low-frequency radiated noise
Cavitation: Turbo-machinery & Medical Applications, WIMRC FORUM 2008, Warwick, UK
7 jul. 2008
The dispersion relation of inertial waves on inviscid cavitating vortices ('Kelvin waves') is reconsidered and extended to include the influence of ...
sustainable propulsioncfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiestime-domain simulationsnoise and vibrationresistance and propulsionresearch and developmentsimulationsresearch
PaperPrediction of Extreme Wave Loads in Focused Wave Groups
The Eighteenth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE), Vancouver, Canada
6 jul. 2008
The Volume of Fluid (VoF) method is a promising tool to predict extreme wave loads on fixed and floating offshore structures. The VoF method ...
stability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringwaves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfd developmentcfd/simulation/desk studiesmeasurements and controldata sciencetime-domain simulationsrenewablesoil and gasinfrastructuremarine systemslife at seamodel testingresearch and developmentextreme conditionsloads and responsessimulationsoffshore engineeringresearch