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Hurricane IKE more powerful than Ivan, Rita & Katrina
MARIN’s monitoring system on the Marco Polo TLP, which is 160 miles South of New Orleans in a 1,300 m water depth, has suc- cessfully captured the behaviour of the platform and the wave, wind and current conditions during the passage of Hurricane IKE in September, 2008. Data from the ongoing Marco Polo JIP re- vealed that wave conditions during IKE were even more severe than those recorded during Ivan, Rita and Katrina. Platform, riser and tether motions, structural response and fatigue have all been carefully monitored by the project team since the installation of the platform in 2004. The Marco Polo platform has survived all hurricanes so far with only minor damage. For more information please contact Pieter Aalberts,
p.aalberts@marin.nl.
papers
MARIN offers a wide selection of papers and doctoral theses in the field of hydrodynamics on its website at
www.marin.nl.
The most recent publications include:
A Tighter Watch Circle at Higher Speeds Frans Quadvlieg, G. Hughes and R.Harris, Dynamic Positioning Conference, Houston
Viscous-flow calculations for bare hull DARPA SUBOFF submarine at incidence Serge Toxpeus, International Ship- building Progress, 2008
MARIN brings innovative engineering solutions to customers
As of October 1, 2008, Qnowledge operates as a separate product group within the Maritime Simulation & Software Group (MSG) business unit. This product group focuses on innovative solutions for streamlining analysis, design and engineering processes. Integrating into MSG has resulted in many synergies and a significant increase in capacity for providing business services and solutions.
The QTRANS application of Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) is a good example of the type of solutions this new product group can provide.
With our software platform Quaestor and accompanying consultancy and develop- ment services, HMC was able to standard- ise and streamline its engineering process for pile and module transport. Quaestor provides an intelligent way of using existing rules of thumb and engineering software at HMC. The resulting Quaestor knowledge-based system is an engineer- ing environment, supporting workflow, data and calculation management as well as reporting.
QTRANS is just one of the many ways we can help you use your present engineering knowledge and tools more effectively. Take a look at QTRANS at our stand 2427 at the OTC in Houston (May 4-7), or alternatively contact Timo Verwoest,
t.verwoest@
marin.nl
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