Projects
Dynamic response of a floating offshore wind turbine structure to extreme wave loading in nonlinear, directional seas KU Leuven
Notwithstanding the present-day oil prices, the large amounts of greenhouse gases set free by burning fossil fuels, have already a tremendous impact on the weather extremes. As further climate change endangers our societies, the transition to renewables must be fast. Due to its high resource availability and high technology maturity, offshore wind remains the most promising to facilitate this transition. As offshore wind turbines are ...
The CO-simulation of UNsTeady aERodynamics (COUNTER) Integrating wind tunnel experiments and numerical simulations to a deeper level: A novel methodology using structured data-driven models Vrije Universiteit Brussel
turbines is the accurate prediction of the unsteady aerodynamic and
hydrodynamic loads on the turbine rotor and the tower. Where before
wind tunnel experiments were used to determine the aerodynamics
of turbine rotors, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations
have largely overtaken that key role in the last few decades.
Sometimes both ...
Numerical and experimental analysis of smart urban wind turbines KU Leuven
The EU’s climate goals necessitate all the EU countries to have at least a 32% share of renewable energy consumption by 2030. Achieving this requires energy harvesting from all the renewables in potential locations. Wind energy is the largest contributor among the renewables throughout the EU with a share of 44.2%. Among the potential locations for wind energy harvesting, urban areas, although very promising in terms of providing a local ...
Quantification and reduction of parameter uncertainty of dynamic soil characteristics. KU Leuven
Characterisation of shallow, horizontal, soil layers is important for the study of different problems in civil and geophyscial engineering, such as the prediction of ground borne vibrations or the calculation of site amplification. This PhD thesis addresses the determination of dynamic soil characteristics by means of the active Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW), P-wave refraction and Seismic Cone Penetration Test (SCPT) methods. ...
The numerical solution of large scale dynamic soil-structure interaction problems. KU Leuven
It is common practice in civil engineering to use computational models in order to understand and predict the behaviour of a wide variety of structural systems. The dynamic interaction between structures and the soil often plays a crucial role and should be accounted for in numerical models, for example for the assessment of damage to structures caused by earthquakes, the evaluation of annoyance in buildings due to vibrations originating from ...
Follow-up of the consumed life for a fleet of time-varying mechanical systems with models based on measurements and a limited number of sensors Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Efficient analysis of fluid-structure interaction problems in structural dynamics. KU Leuven
The impact of atmospheric winds on complex seaport areas and ships KU Leuven
Seaport areas are the “entry” and “exit” of countries and since decades they keep expanding in order to host larger cruise ships and container ships. Although essential for the global trade, port areas are considered among the most vulnerable and risky in the world. Here accidents frequently happen, human lives are lost and ships and goods are damaged. Among the meteorological and climatological events, the wind is the most destructive ...
RObust NAcelle Transfer functions under different turbulence conditions (RONAT) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
worldwide. As Flanders is not a producer of large wind turbines,
operation and maintenance is one of the main fields where Flanders
can generate innovation and economic benefit. Such benefit must
come from making optimal use of available data.
Every wind turbine in a wind farm is equipped with a nacelle
anemometer, which measures the wind ...