Products and Services Renewable Energy Unit

Aero and hydrodynamics. Fluid-structure interaction:

• Fluid-structure interaction using CFD tools.
• Aerodynamics. Aeroelasticity, turbulence models and wake effects.
• Hydrodynamics of floating and moored offshore structures.

Structural and mechanical design:

• Advice and development of mechanical design of devices.
• Implementation of static structural calculations (linear and nonlinear), dynamic analysis, vibration modes, frequency response, fatigue, fracture mechanics, etc.
• Assessment of component failure and reliability.
• Studies of degradation, taking into account the mechanisms acting especially in marine environment: fatigue and corrosion.
• Study of alternative employment of advanced materials.

Operation and Maintenance. Monitoring:

• Advice and simulation of offshore operations.
• Registration of structural, environmental and quality parameters through networks of sensors for inspection.
• Components Health Management through techniques of "Structural Health Monitoring (SHM)"
• Development of micro-generators for wireless sensor networks.