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Management Board Meeting, Progress Report

This progress report provides an update on the recruitment, research, and development activities of various work packages related to structural optimization, embedded sensors, lightweight inter-array cables, and numerical modeling. It also highlights the future plans and opportunities for collaboration.

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Management Board Meeting, Progress Report

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  1. Management Board Meeting, Progress Report 17th April 2019

  2. Recruitment WP4.1 Structural Optimisation Research Software Developer, Tarun Chowdhury, started 21/12/18 PDRA in Structural Optimisation, Advert live – closing date 19/5/19 WP4.2 Embedded Sensors PDRA1 – Composite Manufacturing, Waseem Tahir, started 31/10/18 PDRA2 – Fibre optic sensing systems, Tom Allsop, Started 15/4/19 WP4.3 Mechanics of lightweight inter-array cables for offshore renewable installations Still actively looking for a student - any help with this would be appreciated WP4.4 Numerical modelling of drag anchors for cable risk assessment PhD Student, Giuliano Pretti, started 1st February 2019 Additional resources funded through Supergen ORE Hub/UoH: 1 Year PDRA embedded sensors for wind/tidal turbines – Mustafa Abdelrahman, starting 1/6/19. PhD Studentship on distributed sensors for structural health monitoring of large offshore structures, AananthalakshmySihivahanaSarma, Starting 1/10/19. 3 Year PDRA on distributed sensor for large scale floating ORE structures – Funding just approved

  3. WP4.1 Progress to date: Induction and initial familiarisation with VOX-FE Installation and set up of development PC and upgrade of VOX-FE to latest libraries and OS Setting up of software and documentation version control Familiarisation with ANSYS for benchmark validation modelling Development of STL to VOX-FE converter  Plans for next 3 months Selection of benchmark models First analysis and comparison of benchmark models in ANSYS and VOX-FE Set up of reference benchmark/test procedure Develop methodologies for validation and verification (V&V) Attendance at EPCC HPC training course Progress against tasks for each Work Package and plan for next 3 months

  4. Progress to date: • Procured lab scale composite manufacturing facilities • Identified fibre sensors system components and procured initial items • Literature review of composite manufacturing monitoring • Refined workplan based on discussion with Hull factory staff • Attended/Presented: • Advances in Rotor Blades for Wind Turbines conference • Fibre Optic Shape and Deformation Sensing: An Emerging Technology • Plans for next 3 months: • Commission lab scale composite manufacturing kit • Procure additional fibre optic sensor system components • Plan initial composites trials • Visit to SGRE Aalborg to discuss work plan inc. • Balance between monitoring of blade manufacture and operation • Focus on current vs. future blade models • Availability of resin infusion model. WP4.2

  5. WP4.3 Student not yet appointed – continue recruitment effort • WP4.4 Progress to date: • PhD student has familiarised themselves with the numerical implementation of finite deformation mechanics • Focus is currently on: • Solution techniques for large deformation problems (including the implementation of new approaches into existing Durham codes); and • Literature review on drag anchor embedment depth in different soil conditions. • WP4.4 Plans for the next 3 months: • Complete drag anchors literature review; • Understand Durham’s in-house material point method code. • Start to extend existing material point method code to include dynamic effects. Progress against tasks for each Work Package and plan for next 3 months

  6. Risks: • Recruitment of WP4.1 PDRA and WP4.3 student • Opportunities: • Interaction with ‘Reliablade’ project – DTU, IWES Fraunhoffer, SGRE etc • Interaction with AMRC composites experts • Supergen ORE Hub Flex funding call • SRPe-Industry Doctorate Programme (www.srpe.ac.uk) could leverage additional funding for experimental validation of WP4.4 (drag anchors) in collaboration with the University of Dundee (requires 40% industry funding of the PhD scholarship). • Aura CDT Projects Risks and Opportunities

  7. Conference presentation: Real-time fibre optic three-dimensional corporal shape sensing and reconstruction scheme for human cardiovascular and respiratory plethysmography applications, Dr Thomas Allsop, University of Hull Fibre Optic Shape and Deformation Sensing: An Emerging Technology, IoP, 7/5/19 Outcomes and Outputs

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