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Oct 18, 2024
Ryan Nicoll

Why you need trends when comparing ship motion dat…

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Sep 12, 2024
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Why hull appendages are hydrodynamically superimpo…

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Aug 14, 2024
Ryan Nicoll

DSA Ocean Upcoming Events Fall 2024

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Jul 22, 2024
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How vortex shedding can indirectly sink your moori…

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Jun 14, 2024
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How deepwater moorings disrupt wave-powered profil…

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May 14, 2024
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How to tailor an anti-roll U-tube tank design for …

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Apr 18, 2024
ProteusDS Team

ProteusDS Update April 2024

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Apr 08, 2024
Ryan Nicoll

How to tune an anti-roll slosh tank design for a s…

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Mar 15, 2024
Ryan Nicoll

Why time domain seakeeping analysis shows the sign…

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Feb 12, 2024
Ryan Nicoll

Why frequency domain ship motion analysis instantl…

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Jan 18, 2024
Ryan Nicoll

Why seakeeping and maneuvering are integral parts …

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Dec 05, 2023
ProteusDS Team

ProteusDS Update December 2023

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Nov 02, 2023
Ryan Nicoll

When moorings overload wave buoys (and sink data q…

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Oct 17, 2023
Ryan Nicoll

Why you should be careful about fixating on buoy d…

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Sep 20, 2023
Ryan Nicoll

How to make the most out of flotation to minimize …

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Aug 22, 2023
Ryan Nicoll

Why anchor size causes a chain reaction on operati…

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Jul 24, 2023
Ryan Nicoll

Why indirect relationships drive wave buoy mooring…

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Jun 14, 2023
Ryan Nicoll

How to give your mooring design a quick reality ch…

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May 19, 2023
ProteusDS Team

Introducing the dedicated ProteusDS website

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Apr 25, 2023
Ryan Nicoll

Finding maximums part 3: How a repeating sea surfa…

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Apr 05, 2023
Ryan Nicoll

Finding maximums part 2: Why using multiple sea st…

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Mar 23, 2023
Ryan Nicoll

Finding maximums part 1: How process reveals maxim…

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Feb 14, 2023
Ryan Nicoll

When to reduce mooring recovery risk with a backup…

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Jan 20, 2023
Ryan Nicoll

Why spar floaters are so insensitive to harsh cond…

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Dec 05, 2022
Ryan Nicoll

Why you need breathing space between glass floats …

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Nov 01, 2022
Ryan Nicoll

Why tiny active stabilizers have a large effect on…

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Oct 13, 2022
ProteusDS Team

ProteusDS Update

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Oct 07, 2022
Ryan Nicoll

How antiroll tanks work to passively reduce ship r…

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Aug 05, 2022
Ryan Nicoll

Why the sensitivity of ship roll damping makes nav…

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Jul 18, 2022
Ryan Nicoll

Why drag loads are underwhelming at damping floati…

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Jun 14, 2022
Ryan Nicoll

Why it’s hard to distinguish between the effects o…

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May 09, 2022
Ryan Nicoll

When you need to fine tune surface buoy damping (a…

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Apr 08, 2022
ProteusDS Team

ProteusDS Update

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Mar 14, 2022
Ryan Nicoll

How to take the guesswork out of wave radiation fo…

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Feb 08, 2022
Ryan Nicoll

Why the added mass force can be confusing

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Jan 12, 2022
Ryan Nicoll

How to control downweight seabed clearance in wave…

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Dec 02, 2021
Ryan Nicoll

Why adapt shallow water geometric compliant moorin…

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Nov 19, 2021
Ryan Nicoll

Why shallow water mooring design takes longer than…

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Oct 15, 2021
Ryan Nicoll

How to avoid wuzzles when recovering oceanographic…

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Aug 26, 2021
Ryan Nicoll

What to keep an eye on during oceanographic moorin…

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Aug 06, 2021
Ryan Nicoll

How the anchor-last oceanographic mooring deployme…

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Jun 28, 2021
Ryan Nicoll

Why an RAO is the dynamic fingerprint of a hull

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Jun 14, 2021
Ryan Nicoll

How seakeeping analysis reveals surprising differe…

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May 25, 2021
Ryan Nicoll

What the playground can teach us about resonance i…

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May 07, 2021
Ryan Nicoll

When wave steepness pinpoints worst case sea state…

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Apr 16, 2021
Ryan Nicoll

Why you see modular oceanographic mooring design e…

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Mar 12, 2021
Ryan Nicoll

How to correct subsurface mooring knockdown

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Feb 24, 2021
Ryan Nicoll

When to check instrument depth in oceanographic mo…

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Feb 12, 2021
Ryan Nicoll

How mooring deflection disrupts oceanographic data…

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Jan 25, 2021
Ryan Nicoll

Why drag force is more than just resistance

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Jan 22, 2021
Ryan Nicoll

How to understand the nature of buoyancy

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Jan 18, 2021
Ryan Nicoll

Why free body diagrams eliminate confusion in engi…

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Jan 08, 2021
Ryan Nicoll

When profilers are optimized for control

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Dec 09, 2020
Ryan Nicoll

When profilers are specially adapted to ride ocean…

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Nov 27, 2020
Ryan Nicoll

Why profilers stop massive data processing headach…

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Oct 27, 2020
Ryan Nicoll

When it is sensible to use nonlinear Froude-Krylov…

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Sep 22, 2020
Ryan Nicoll

Why parts libraries are essential to save time in …

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Aug 18, 2020
Ryan Nicoll

When to avoid a static solver in oceanographic moo…

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Nov 14, 2019
Ryan Nicoll

How to effectively model oceanographic surface buo…

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Aug 08, 2019
Ryan Nicoll

How to systematically evaluate oceanographic moori…

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May 30, 2019
Ryan Nicoll

How to control uncertainty in buoy drag coefficien…

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May 24, 2019
Ryan Nicoll

Why uncertainty in buoy drag coefficient puts ocea…

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Nov 22, 2018
Ryan Nicoll

Why compliance is at the heart of resilient oceano…

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