Eye on the Navy: Navy extends Life for Research Ships, but Says Farewell to FLIP
her 6500-meters. “She’s been rebuilt so often that it’s not a 60-year-old platform we’re refurbishing, said Sparrock.Like Alvin, FLIP is unique. FLIP is also a veteran, entering service in 1962. FLIP was designed by the naval architecture firm Glosten Associates; built by Gunderson Bros. Engineering Corporation; and has been operated by the Marine Physical Laboratory of Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego.The 355-foot FLIP has no means of propulsion, so it must be towed to its working location and either anchored or allowed to drift.
Oregon State University Seeks New Research Vessels
, more capacity for instrumentation and less noise,” Reimers said. “The design also has numerous ‘green’ features, including an optimized hull form, waste heat recovery, LED lighting, and variable speed power generation.” The design of the ships was done by The Glosten Associates, a naval architecture firm based in Seattle. The research vessels will be 193 feet in length, with a range greater than 5,000 nautical miles. Cruising speed is 11 knots with a maximum speed of 12.5 knots, and there are 16 berths for scientists and 13 for crew members.
Oregon State Seeks Shipyard Input for New Research Ship
State as the lead institution to finalize the design and coordinate the construction of the vessel – and possibly up to two more – a project considered crucial to maintaining the country’s marine science research capabilities. The design phase has been completed by The Glosten Associates, a naval architecture firm based in Seattle, and the RFI is a chance to generate market interest and to get feedback from industry on the design and other project documents. OSU plans to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) in two phases beginning this summer – a technical phase to establish
Offshore Wind Floating TLP Model Tests Complete
US-based Glosten Associates (Glosten) announce that the 3-week scale-model testing of the PelaStar tension-leg platform (TLP) has been completed. The three-week test program was conducted in support of the Offshore Wind Floating Platform Demonstration Project FEED Study awarded to Glosten by Energy Technologies Institute (ETI). The test results are being used to further demonstrate PelaStar’s technical feasibility and to calibrate state-of-the-art software used to design, analyze, and optimize the floating wind turbine system. The 1:50-scale floating wind turbine model was tested in
Floating Offshore Wind Turbines: DNV KEMA Set Standards
Structures, and the existing standard DNV-OS-J101 Design of Offshore Wind Turbine Structures. The 10 participants in the JIP study are Statoil, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Sasebo Heavy Industries, STX Offshore & Shipbuilding, Navantia, Gamesa, Iberdrola, Alstom Wind, Glosten Associates and Principle Power.
Glosten to Design Floating Offshore Wind Platform
The Glosten Associates, Inc. announced it has been awarded a contract from the U.K.–based Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) for the engineering phase of the floating offshore wind turbine demonstrator using the PelaStar tension leg platform (TLP) foundation system. The $6 million (U.S.), 12-month contract will complete the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) in advance of construction and deployment of a 6 MW demonstration unit off the south coast of the U.K. as early as 2015. Upon completion of the FEED, the ETI is prepared to commit up to $31 million (U.S) to the demonstration project
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