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3D computing method can simulate slamming to improve ship design

3D computing method can simulate slamming to improve ship design

by Mariska Buitendijk | May 6, 2021 | Maritime research, News, Ship design

On board Fast Raiding Interception and Special forces Craft (FRISC), vertical accelerations up to about 15 g can occur. To put this into perspective: pilots of fighter jets are exposed to accelerations of up to about 9 g. Being able to predict such forces can help...
Dutch Navy to place 11-metre hydrofoil on HNLMS Zeeland

Dutch Navy to place 11-metre hydrofoil on HNLMS Zeeland

by Mariska Buitendijk | Nov 23, 2020 | News

The Dutch Defence Materiel Organisation has ordered a Hull Vane for the 108-metre Oceangoing Patrol Vessel HNLMS Zeeland. It is the first time the hydrofoil-like device is placed on a naval ship and the first on a vessel over 100 metres in length. The Hull Vane...
Hull Vane introduces Foil Assist for fast-planing vessels

Hull Vane introduces Foil Assist for fast-planing vessels

by Mariska Buitendijk | Nov 20, 2020 | News

For several years, Hull Vane has been researching and testing the effect on fast-planing vessels of a hydrofoil positioned amidships beneath the hull, the Foil Assist. The underlying principle wasn’t to achieve full hydrofoiling, but partial hydrofoiling in order to...
‘In Big Seas I Kept Waiting for the Slamming – It Never Came’

‘In Big Seas I Kept Waiting for the Slamming – It Never Came’

by Mariska Buitendijk | Oct 31, 2019 | News

Captain Ulf-Peter Lindstrøm says he had to ‘relearn how to interpret vessel behaviour’ on the first Ulstein X-Bow polar cruise vessel, the Greg Mortimer. He was at the helm of the vessel during its transit from China to Argentina, when it entered ten-metre...

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