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Postgraduate Course: Hydrodynamics of Offshore Renewable Energy Devices (IDCORE) (PGEE11092)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Engineering CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaPostgrad (School of Engineering) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course aims to foster knowledge and understanding of
factors influencing the dynamic behaviour of fixed and floating offshore renewable energy devices. It will also develop skills required to predict dynamic motions and structural responses. The course is focussed on generic, fundamental fluid mechanics and fluid-structure interaction.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 14/10/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Assessment Methods
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completing this module, students will be able to
demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
1.Deep and shallow water wave kinematics;
2.Wave, current and motion induced loading on floating
offshore renewable energy structures
3.Wind and current force formulations
4.Derivation and solution of dynamic motion equations
Subject Specific Skills: Opportunities are afforded to develop
the following subject-specific skills:

1. Students will be able to predict the environmental forces and resulting motions of fixed and floating wave and tidal energy devices.

2. Students will be able to predict the structural loading on fixed and floating wave and tidal energy devices.
Assessment Information
Take home tutorial problems (20%).
Case study (40%).
Oral presentation: seminar and questions (40%).
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus 1. Shallow and deep water wave kinematics;

2. wave, wind and current force predictions;

3. Morison Equation, Froude-Krylov forces, diffraction and
radiation forces, wave impact and slamming forces;

4. single and multi-degree of freedom systems, rigid-body equations of single and multi-body systems and their solutions; vortex induced vibrations and motions;

5. slowly varying motions due to second-order wave and wind forces;

6. soil-structure interaction of gravity based structures;

7. case studies to predict the dynamic response analysis of various fixed and floating offshore renewable energy devices;

8. aero/hydrofoil theory, blade design;

9. wakes and turbulence.
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern 2 week intensive block taught unit.
KeywordsOffshore Renewable Energy, Professional Doctorate
Contacts
Course organiserDr David Ingram
Tel: (0131 6)51 9022
Email: David.Ingram@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Ksenia Siedlecka
Tel: (0131 6)51 9023
Email: ksenia.siedlecka@ed.ac.uk
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