Management Board Meeting, Progress Report

1. Management Board Meeting, Progress Report 24th January 2019

2. WP4.1 Structural Optimisation • Research Software Developer, Tarun Chowdhury, started 21/12/18 • PDRA in Structural Optimisation planned to start 1 year after Software developer. Recruitment process started • WP4.2 Embedded Sensors • PDRA1 – Composite Manufacturing, Waseem Tahir, started 31/10/18 • PDRA2 – Fibre optic sensing systems, Tom Allsop, Starting 15/4/19 • WP4.3Numerical modelling of drag anchors for cable risk assessment • Still actively looking for a student - any help with this would be appreciated • WP4.4- Mechanics of lightweight inter-array cables for offshore renewable installations • PhD Student, Giuliano Pretti, starting 1st February 2019 • Additional resources: • 1 Year PDRA looking at embedded sensors for wind and tidal turbines - Interviewing 6/2/19. funded through Supergen ORE Hub • PhD Studentship on distributed sensors for structural health monitoring of large offshore structures, closing date 23/1/19, start October 2019. Funded by UoH as part of Supergen Recruitment

3. WP4.1 • Progress to date: • Induction and initial familiarisation with Vox-FE • Year 1 • Familiarisation with VOX-FE. • Upgrading VOX-FE for the latest libraries and OS, and porting to VIPER (HPC). • Setting up a matching development and test PC in Engineering. • Setting up proper version control, documentation and automated benchmark/test facility. • Selection of relevant benchmark models, and familiarisation with ANSYS for benchmark validation modelling. • Developing and validating protocols to import blade geometries into VOX-FE • Years 2 and 3 • Scaling up of model sizes and optimization of parallel processing. • Application of VOX-FE to relevant problems. • Implementation and validation of adaptive remodelling. • Implementation and validation of orthotropic and anisotropic properties. Progress against tasks for each Work Package and plan for next 3 months

4. WP4.2 • Progress to date: • Familiarisation with blade manufacturing process inc. visit to Hull factory • Identification of lab scale composite manufacturing facilities (funded from separate source) • Literature review of composite manufacturing monitoring • Refining workplan based on discussion with Hull factory staff • Plans for next 3 months: • Procure and commission manufacturing kit • Identify and procure initial fibre sensors system components • Plan initial composites trials • Discuss work plan with SGRE Hull & Aalborg and UoS (WP2.3) • Balance between monitoring of blade manufacture and operation • Identify SGRE support – materials, data etc. • Attend Advances in Rotor Blades for Wind Turbines conference, Bremen Progress against tasks for each Work Package and plan for next 3 months

5. WP4.3 Student not yet appointed – continue recruitment effort • WP4.4 Plans for the next 3 months: • Undertake a literature review of existing techniques for assessment of the deployment of drag anchors and long-term capacity/breakout potential of anchors for a variety of soil conditions. • 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 Risks and Opportunities

7. Further Funding – Supergen, Green Port Growth Programme and UoH funding of staff and facilities Outcomes and Outputs