Postgraduate Course: Structural Behaviour of Offshore Renewable Energy Devices (IDCORE) (PGEE11098)
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 complements the hydrodynamics and fluid structure interaction material developed in the ¿Hydrodynamics of Offshore Renewable Energy Devices¿ course, now focussing on advanced approaches to structural response and risk-based design. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
12/01/2015 |
| 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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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
¿ To provide knowledge in order to understand the factors influencing the structural response of fixed and floating offshore renewable energy devices to external loading
¿ To develop skills in order to predict ultimate strength of structural components of fixed and floating offshore renewable energy devices |
Assessment Information
Tutorial problems (60%)
Spectral Analysis I (10%) Spectral Analysis II (10%) Mechanics of materials (10%) Fracture Mechanics (10%) Mechanics of composite materials (10%) Finite Element Analysis (10%)
Presentation (40%) |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Global and local structural load prediction models;
basic concepts to derive the ultimate strength formulations,post-ultimate behaviour;
average stress-strain relationship;
post-buckling and ultimate strength behaviour of stiffened panels, ultimate strength of plate assemblies, global ultimate strength;
closed-form ultimate strength design formulations;
introduction to reliability based strength analysis;
partial safety factors;
reliability indices;
case studies to predict the structural loading and strength analysis of various fixed and floating offshore renewable energy devices. |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
2 week intensive block taught unit |
| 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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