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ReFRESCO-Operation Unique Opportunit es in CFD

BY HENK PRINS ast year MARIN launched an themselves or plan to do so in the near pute cores provides the possibility to the maritime sector. ReFRESCO gives innovative initiative to start a future. To stimulate cooperation and scale up calculations without the need the possibility to apply CFD reliably for

L partnership with its clients for a interaction in this ? eld, MARIN now for large investments. An extensive team speci? c maritime applications in direct maritime Computational Fluid Dynam- invites its clients to take part in the Re- of CFD specialists at MARIN is avail- open interaction with the developers and ics’ (CFD) development, validation and FRESCO-operation. In this partnership, able to support the customer’s CFD other users. The ReFRESCO-operation application known as the “ReFRESCO- MARIN wants to share its dedicated team, to provide insight into the method- partnership has already started but new operation.” CFD Code ReFRESCO, which is exten- ology and in the source code. To support participants are welcome to join. www.marin.nl/refresco-operation

CFD plays an increasingly important sively veri? ed and validated for mari- the ReFRESCO-operation, MARIN is role in the design of maritime and off- time applications. Furthermore, MARIN signi? cantly extending its CFD develop- shore structures. MARIN has always will open its computer clusters for Re- ment, validation and application team.

The Author supported this with dedicated tool devel- FRESCO users, so that it can jointly By participating in this unique cooper- opment, extensive validation and appli- work with customers on the reliable and ation MARIN and its customers can help

Henk Prins is Manager of the R&D de- cation. Recently, MARIN invested in a robust application of CFD in the mari- in the further development, validation partment of MARIN, the Maritime Re- large computer cluster and this comput- time ? eld. and application of CFD for maritime ap- search Institute Netherlands. MARIN of- ing power, together with the CFD Code The ReFRESCO-operation means that plications. ReFRESCO does not replace fers simulation, model testing, full-scale

ReFRESCO, forms a new facility, “The the ReFRESCO Code will be provided generic, commercial CFD codes, which measurements and training programs,

Maritime Cluster.” to customers without limitations on the also have their merits and can be used to the shipbuilding and offshore industry

Naval architects and offshore engi- number of users or compute cores. The for a wide range of applications. Howev- and governments. neers increasingly use CFD calculations MARIN medium cluster of 1600 com- er, these codes are often not validated for e: [email protected] 22 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • APRIL 2015

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