Nandar Hlaing PhD
Name : Nandar Hlaing
Supervisors : Prof. Philippe Rigo (ULiège), Prof. Christof Devriendt
Co-supervisor : Prof. Vincent Denoël (ULiège), Prof Maarten Arnst
Research project : PhariywinD ETF project
Duration : 4 years
O&M Optimization of Offshore Wind Turbine Support Structures Using Digital Twins
The offshore industry has been trending towards larger wind turbines in deeper water depths. Under harsher environments, the structure's degradation is faster as well as the maintenance tasks with human labour are more difficult and cost-demanding. Automated inspections and monitoring solutions are increasingly desired. This PhD research aims to develop an optimal decision-making framework for operational management (inspection, monitoring, and maintenance) of offshore wind turbine support structures.
The development of optimal decision-making framework will be supported by using digital twins. A “digital twin” is a virtual replica of physical assets, processes and systems on which simulations can be run to predict failures before happening. The uncertain parameters of the “digital twin” can be updated as information is gained through Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) data from the installed sensors. Since the uncertainties are significantly reduced, the “digital twin” represents the real structure more accurately and helps the decision maker to make more rational and optimal decisions.
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