The maritime industry is constantly facing new challenges and technological advancements,
making the adaptation of innovative solutions like digital twins a bridge enhancing safety …

To study the feasibility of deploying a novel type of anchor with variable buoyancy for
mooring floating offshore wind turbines, a set of detailed modelling studies was performed in …

The concept of digital twins, characterized by the high fidelity with which they mimic their
physical counterpart, provide potential benefits for the next generation of advanced ships. It …

The conventional approach to dynamic analysis of ship motion response with shipboard
operation equipment is usually done by establishing combined equations of motion of the …

In this paper we present a modeling procedure for a flexible knuckle boom crane, which is
actuated by hydraulic cylinders and is modeled as a planar multibody system. We propose a …

This paper presents the implementation of the virtual prototy** system for maritime crane
design and operations. The study is designed to bridge the following gaps in maritime crane …

This paper addresses the main issue encountered with the co-simulation of coupled systems
that exchange energy, ie the trade-off between computational performances and numerical …

Marine cranes are one of the most important industrial equipment in the maritime field. The
base of a marine crane is dynamically moving as the motion of the ship's six degrees of …

In this paper, we present a method for calculating reaction forces for a crane mounted on a
ship moving in waves. The method is used to calculate the reaction forces between the …

Modern winch systems have become increasingly complex with hybrid power systems,
intelligent control systems, and lightweight synthetic cables with complicated traction and …