Program Overview

Graduate School of Sustainable Engineering for Energy, Water, and Environment

The Graduate School of Sustainable Engineering for Energy, Water, and Environment offers various programs, including a course on Sustainable Marine Energies - Fluid/Structure Interactions.

Course Overview

The course, numbered 5EUS5EMR, is part of the Master's Degree in Engineering and is taught in English. It consists of lectures, tutorials, and projects, with a total of 30 hours of lectures and 30 hours of laboratory work.

Course Objectives

The course aims to provide students with a better understanding of tidal and wind turbine blades design, aerodynamic design, turbine performance, and control. It also deals with the static and dynamic analysis of structures under aero-hydrodynamic loading.

Learning Outcomes

The learning outcomes of the course include:

• Understanding the main marine energy sources and their potential
• Understanding the aerodynamics of a wind turbine and the theoretical upper limit of its efficiency
• Calculating the lift and drag forces generated by an airfoil
• Calculating the twisting and chord length distributions along the blade span
• Calculating power and thrust coefficients from a given turbine blade
• Choosing the nominal wind speed of a wind turbine based on the wind speed distribution at a given location
• Calculating the annual energy production of a wind turbine at a given location

Course Content

The course content includes:

• Wind and tidal turbines
• Aerodynamic design of a wind turbine blade
• Calculation of the corresponding rotor performance
• Annual energy production of a wind turbine at two different locations
• Aeroelasticity
• Static and dynamic aeroelasticity
• Numerical study of a multi-MW wind turbine blade deformation under aerodynamic load

Projects

The course includes two mini-projects:

• MP1: Aerodynamic design of a wind turbine blade and calculation of the corresponding rotor performance
• MP2: Numerical study (CFD/FEA) of a multi-MW wind turbine blade deformation under aerodynamic load

Prerequisites

The course requires knowledge in fluid mechanics, and the FSI part requires knowledge in strength of materials, CFD, and finite element analysis.

Assessment

The assessment consists of:

• Written exams (50% of the final mark)
• Reports or oral presentations of projects (50% of the final mark)

Calendar

The course is part of the curriculum for the Master's Degree in Engineering and is taught in Semester 9.

Additional Information

The course is taught in English, and the exam is given in English only. The course ID is 5EUS5EMR.