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Mr van Coevorden also stresses that it is vital to keep the knowledge gained from the navy and MARIN in the Netherlands for the future. The research helps fill the knowledge gaps because obviously, ships are not ordered every day so this testing keeps them up to date with the very latest technologies. New CFD tools are being developed and combined with the testing results.
Several navies and MARIN are also working together in the submarine sector. Recently, a Free Running Model has been developed and this has been tested at MARIN. Only a few organisations in Europe have the facili- ties for testing such a model and MARIN is one of them.
CRNavies Another area where both the Dutch navy and MARIN work together is Cooperative Research Navies. “This is a very important international community and helps to build up hydrodynamic knowledge and it helps us to understand the stability of damaged ships for instance.”
MARIN has been involved in the develop- ment of four patrol ships that are being built at Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding. The first keel-laying just took place and the vessels will be delivered between 2010- 2012. MARIN helped with the design of the slipway for the high-speed interceptors and hull form, the final design and the speed trials were conducted at MARIN. A Joint Support Ship is also being developed. Here, MARIN has assisted with the hull form and propeller design.
In the future, Mr Huisman is certain that MARIN and the DMO will work together even more intensively. “After 2015 the fact that the world is warming up will be an important factor. As the ice melts and the hunt for oil starts to get underway in un- explored areas, specific design requirements will be challenged. One area of interest concerns unmanned vessels operating below the surface.”
The DMO is particularly interested in MARIN’s recent integration of the Qnowledge team,
a producer of advanced design tools. Qnowledge has developed an integrated design tool that can generate and analyse ship concepts and compare them very quickly.
MARIN is of course, very well known for model testing but Mr Huisman would also hope that MARIN could even take on more design office functions and become “more of a partner in design in the future”.
The DMO underlines that the crucial thing about the relationship is that it is based on trust. “We trust MARIN,” says Mr Huisman. There is very good interaction, very short lines of communication and people know each other personally. Ideas can quickly get into the water.”
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