Postgraduate Course: Fluids and Structures (IDCORE) (PGEE11258)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | Fluids and Structures considers the fundamentals of marine hydrodynamics for the design of fixed and floating ORE devices, support structures and moorings. It introduces the theory of hydrodynamics as well as the modelling and prediction methods used at various stages of the design process. It gives an overview of mooring systems for floating structures. The theory will be embedded through practical model testing at the Kelvin Hydrodynamics laboratory). Students will gain practical experience of model testing and will demonstrate acquired skills through the testing of an ORE device model and analysis of the generated hydrodynamic test data. This provides students with transferable skills experimental design, scaling procedures and uncertainty analysis. |
| Course description |
Marine hydrodynamics and foundation design of fixed and floating ORE devices, Prof Atilla Incecik
2h Hydrostatics and stability
2h Environmental design considerations
2h Linear wave forces and resulting responses
2h Wind and current forces
2h Gravity and pile type foundation design
Mooring Systems, Prof Philipp Thies
2h Lecture to provide overview of mooring requirements, configurations and components for Offshore Renewable Energy
2h Lecture on mooring load calculation and modelling.
2 h Guest Lecture by Tension Technology Institute (TTI): Synthetic mooring development, modelling & testing.
Hydrodynamics tank testing of offshore renewable energy, Dr Saishuai Dai
2h lecture to introduce facilities for offshore renewable energy testing and challenges of offshore renewable energy testing
2h lecture on hydrodynamics scaling law for model testing.
2h lecture to introduce instrumentation in hydrodynamics tank testing.
2h lecture on hydrodynamic modelling of an oscillating water column type wave energy converter.
3h lab tutorials (measurements at the Kelvin Hydrodynamics Laboratory) on instrument calibration to establish calibration constant for wave probes and assess the uncertainty associated with measurements.
3h lab tutorial (measurements at the Kelvin Hydrodynamics Laboratory) on a small-scale oscillating water column type wave energy converter without power take off, to establish the response amplitude operator of the device and identify the natural frequency of the device.
3h lab tutorial (measurements at the Kelvin Hydrodynamics Laboratory) on a large-scale Oscillating Water Column type wave energy converter with power take off to assess the power output of the device and investigate the effect of damping effect on the power extraction performance.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Flexible |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 24,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 4.5,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 4.5,
Other Study Hours 65,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
0 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) |
Self study
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% Coursework.
Course work on predicting wave forces and resulting motion responses of different types of floating ORE device, and the design of a foundation for a gravity base ORE device.
Moorings coursework on mooring system configuration & selection, referring to standards and quasi-static load analysis.
Lab report on tank testing of an Oscillating Water Column type wave energy converter. |
| Feedback |
Ongoing opportunity for feedback with informal debrief at the end of each day.
Ongoing opportunity for feedback during lab tutorials.
Feedback with questionnaire at the end of module. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- predict the environmental forces and resulting motions of fixed and floating ORE devices
- determine the soil- structure interaction for the design of a foundation for a gravity base structure, and of piles for a lattice type structure
- formulae and analyse complex mooring problems, evaluating mooring requirements and configurations using first hydrodynamic principles.
- apply an integrated (systems approach) to mooring systems, recognising coupled effects between platforms & mooring [M6] Select and apply appropriate materials for mooring systems, recognising their limitations]
- gain practical experience of model testing and to demonstrate acquired skills through the testing of an ORE device model and analysis of the generated hydrodynamic test data to predict the full-scale behaviour
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Reading List
Hooft, J.P., Advanced Dynamics of Offshore Structures, John Wiley & Sons 1973.
Dawson, T.H., Offshore Structural Engineering, Prentice-Hall, 1983.
Faltinsen, O.M., Ship Loads on Ships and Offshore Structures, Cambridge University Press,1990.
Chakrabarti, S., 2005. Handbook of Offshore Engineering (2-volume set). Elsevier Publishers.
Weller, S.D., Johanning, L., Davies, P. and Banfield, S.J., 2015. Synthetic mooring ropes for marine renewable energy applications. Renewable energy, 83, pp.1268-1278.
Harrold, M.J., Thies, P.R., Newsam, D., Ferreira, C.B. and Johanning, L., 2020. Large-scale testing of a hydraulic non-linear mooring system for floating offshore wind turbines. Ocean Engineering, 206
ITTC recommended procedures, available via: https://www.ittc.info/downloads/archive-of-recommended-procedures/ |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Hydrodynamics,Moorings,Experimental testing,offshore renewable technologies. |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Atilla Incecik
Tel:
Email: atilla.incecik@strath.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Dr Katrina Tait
Tel: (0131 6)51 9023
Email: k.tait@ed.ac.uk |
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