Postgraduate Course: Physical Model Testing for Offshore Renewables (IDCORE) (PGEE11099)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Postgrad (School of Engineering) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course addresses laboratory-based testing and field trials for assessment of performance and survivability,instrumentation technologies, data acquisition and analysis,analysis of Uncertainty and experiment design, in the context of a highly time- and cost-limited campaigns. The course will include lectures, hands-on demonstrations and mini-projects,taking full advantage of the range of internationally leadingfacilities available within the consortium. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
13/01/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities |
| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course the students will
¿ be familiar with different types of laboratories which may be used for offshore renewable testing;
¿ be aware of key instrumentation technologies, both traditional and modern, which may be used in them, and application of best-practice guidelines/standards;
¿ understand different scaling laws which may apply from lab-scale or intermediate-scale field-trials to full scale;
¿ be familiar with basic approaches to data analysis and be able to estimate the levels of uncertainty of their measurements;
¿ be aware of techniques which can help them choose an efficient set of tests in the context of a highly time- and cost-limited campaign. |
Assessment Information
Three written submissions (submitted in groups) and a presentation (one for each group). Each written submission and the presentation will contribute 25% to the final assessment.
Submissions will be on the following subjects:
1) Instrumentation, calibration and uncertainty analysis
2) Dynamic response, power capture and scaling for OWC WEC fixed in regular waves
3) Mass properties, motion capture and dynamic response of floating structures in regular and random waves |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Lab testing: device testing in wave tanks, towing tanks,flumes, and wind tunnels; similarity, extrapolation to full scale,and particular scaling challenges for lab testing of marinerenewable devices; material and structural testing ofcomponents; experiment design. Guidelines and standards.
Field Trials: environmental monitoring, instrumentation and data transfer challenges, site selection and choice of scale.
Instrumentation: measurement of fluid velocity, water surface
elevation, pressure, force, displacement, velocity and acceleration, non-intrusive measurement techniques including
PIV, LDA, and motion capture, and ultrasonics; measures of performance linearity and repeatability, calibration.
Data acquisition and analysis: data sampling, filtering,processing, statistical analysis; sources of uncertainty, bias and
precision, accumulation of uncertainty. |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
2 week intensive taught block |
| Keywords | Offshore Renewable Energy, Professional Doctorate, |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr David Ingram
Tel: (0131 6)51 9022
Email: David.Ingram@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Ksenia Siedlecka
Tel: (0131 6)51 9023
Email: ksenia.siedlecka@ed.ac.uk |
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