Joint Industry Projects (JIP)
Shared problem, shared benefits
Joint Industry Projects (JIPs) are a way of creating exclusive knowledge in partnership. Together we look for a solution to a specific problem requiring fundamental or applied research.
The goal of a JIP is to gain knowledge or knowhow based on a concerted effort by various industrial and/or research parties. Projects typically addressed in JIPs are either too complex or costly to be solved by one party alone or require specialized knowledge or equipment, which is not readily available for individual parties (e.g. hydraulic modeling facilities). The parties involved jointly agree on a scope of work, time schedule and contract conditions. JIP participants work together, share costs and benefits.
Read more about the idea of a JIP [article VIEWS no. 1]
JIP initatives and projects
JIP Capwat
The research programme CAPWAT investigates the capacity reduction in sewerage pressure mains caused by air pockets and other processes. One of the products is a design and maintenance handbook on sewerage pressure mains. More information.
JIP HAWAII
The aim of JIP HAWAII (sHAllow WAter II) is to develop a consistent and practical design methodology for offshore terminals in a nearshore wave climate and intermediate water depths (15-40 m). HAWAII is the follow-up to the HAWAI JIP, in which insight was gained in the behaviour of (low frequency) shallow-water waves and their interaction with offshore terminals by means of scale model tests and numerical methods. More information.
JIP ComFLOW-3
The programme ComFLOW has been developed by the offshore industry, MARIN and Deltares to study complex free-surface flows around offshore structures. The ComFLOW-3 Joint Industry Project aims to continue the development of ComFLOW focusing on new functionality and its validation such as turbulence, generic boundary conditions and improved computational efficiency. More infomation.
JIP OSCAR
This JIP deals with scour and scour protection for offshore structures with a focus on jack-up units. Systematic physical modelling was carried out in Deltares’ facilities to develop scour prediction formulae. These formulae were implemented in the engineering software “OSCAR – the scour manager”. More information.
JIP ROPES
New ports and terminals have to be designed to provide safe mooring conditions for LNG carriers, very large container vessels and crude carriers. In the past accidents have taken place due to passing vessels, which in some cases resulted in severe damage to the mooring facilities. In this JIP project design guidelines and software for calculating the effects of passing vessels will be developed, including validation with scale model tests. More information.
JIP Open Filters
The design of geometrically tight filters for coastal & offshore structures (as toe/slope and bed protection) is relatively simple, but often an unnecessarily high number of filter layers and material volume is required. An alternative is a geometrically open filter. In this case the filter is designed in such a manner that the hydraulic loading is too low to initiate significant erosion of the base material. However, appropriate design guidelines for such an open filter do not exist yet. More information.
JIP Risers
The stability of the free-hanging intake water pipe of floating units (such as FLNG and OTEC) is sensitive to instability mechanisms such as vortex-induced-vibrations (VIV) and flow-induced-vibrations (FIV) due to the intake of water. This JIP initiative investigates hydrodynamic aspects of the intake and the causes of the dynamic behaviour of the intake risers. More information.
JIP Wind Jack
This JIP deals with jack-ups used for installation and maintenance of offshore Windparks. The objectives are to understand limiting operational aspects for jacking operations and to provide guidelines to determine and enlarge the operational envelope. More information.
JIP Meer met Bodemenergie
“Meer met bodemenergie” is a research project for joint fact finding about the consequences of broad application of thermal energy storage (TES). It will also examine the promising technique of combining TES with the removal of existing groundwter poolution. This project has a duration of 2 years and is linked to research by two PhD-students on these topics. More information.
JIP Check Valves
This JIP deals with the development of a generic hydraulic model for check valves. An engineering formula will be developed and validated against measurements. More information.
