Design of onshore wind turbine Structures & Foundations
- Wind energy crucial for global electricity generation and future energy demands.
- Course covers design aspects of onshore wind turbine structures and foundations.
- Intended for Engineers, Operations managers, Fabricators, Scientists, and Technologists.
- Focus on structural design, load modeling, geotechnical aspects, and foundation design.
- Trainers include experts in geotechnical engineering, ship reliability, and welding.
Overview
The Online Onshore Wind Turbine Training Course focuses on the design aspects of onshore wind turbine structures and foundations. It covers topics such as structural design, load modeling, geotechnical aspects, and foundation types. The course is designed for Engineers, Operations managers, Fabricators, Applied Scientists, and Technologists interested in wind energy. Expert trainers provide lectures on various aspects of wind turbine design and manufacturing. The course spans two days and aims to equip participants with the knowledge needed for designing efficient onshore wind turbine structures.
Who should attend
The course is intended for Engineers, Operations managers, Fabricators, Applied Scientists, and Technologists interested in interested in the design of onshore wind turbine structures & foundations.
Course Content
This online training course covers the design of onshore wind turbine structures, including both the turbine towersand foundations. With wind energy playing a critical role in meeting future global electricity demand and sustainability targets, understanding structural behaviour is key.
The most commonly used wind turbine towers are cantilever tubular steel towers, made from cylindrical or conical steel shell segments. These are fabricated by roller-bending steel plates and longitudinal butt-welding to form closed shells.
You will explore structural design principles for onshore wind turbines, including both global and local responses, as well as load modelling techniques. The course includes geotechnical design for both stiff and soft soil conditions, with a focus on spread and piled foundation types.
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Location
Course Syllabus
Day 1
09:00 – 10:30 Lecture 1: Introduction and overview of on-shore wind turbine structures & foundations:
Dr.Moritz Braun
10:30 –11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:30 Lecture 2: : Basics of structural design
Dr.Moritz Braun
12:30 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:30 Lecture 3: Load assumptions and structural modeling including FE analysis.
Dr.Moritz Braun
14:30 – 15:00 Break
15:00 – 16.30 Lecture 4: Ultimate limit state design of steel towers
Dr. Moritz Braun
Day 2
09:00 – 10:30 Lecture 5: Design assessment of weld seams in steel towers for wind energy plants
Dr. Andreas Gericke
10:30 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:30 Lecture 6: Manufacturing principles on steel towers for wind energy plants
Dr. Andreas Gericke
12:30 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:30 Lecture 7: Geotechnical Aspects of various types of foundations
Dr. Joshua Omer
14:30 –15:00 Break
15:00 – 16:30 Lecture 8: Design of Spread & Pile
foundations.
Dr. Joshua Omer
Additional Information
Dr Joshua Omer
Dr Joshua Omer is a Senior Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Environment, Kingston University, London. He holds a First-Class honors BEng in Civil Engineering, a MSc in Structures and PhD in Geotechnical Engineering specializing in Piled Foundations. He has over 30 years, having worked both in industry and academia in the UK and overseas. He has undertaken a range of consultancy projects and published over 60 research papers in journals and conferences, supervised several PhD students and served as external examiner for PhD theses in UK and overseas universities. Dr Omer is a past recipient of the biannual David Douglas Prize and lecture, awarded by the South Wales Institute of Engineers, UK, for engineering excellence in a paper competition open to all engineers working in South Wales region. He is a former Royal Society Industrial Fellow and winner of the Research & Development award of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Dr Omer is a member of the editorial board of the Geo- engineering Case studies Journal of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) and represents the British Geotechnical Association in the ISSMGE Technical Committee TC107- Lateritic Soils. He is also a member of the Drilled Shafts Technical Committee of the Deep Foundations Institute, USA.
Dr. Moritz Braun
Dr. Moritz Braun is the Head of the department for ship reliability at the German Aerospace Center for Maritime Energy Systems in Geesthacht, Germany. He is a passionate researcher with 9+ years of experience in academia and research institutions. He holds a B.Sc. in mechanical engineering, a M.Sc. in Marine Technology and a Doctor of Engineering. For his doctoral thesis, he received the Curt-Bartsch-Award of the German Society for Maritime Technology for an outstanding PhD thesis. He has collaborated with international teams on various projects related to structural integrity of large engineering structures. Besides his own research, he has led large research teams and labs and has been responsible for various seminars and lectures both at Bachelor and Master level in Germany, Norway, and Egypt.
Dr. Braun is the delegate of the German Association for the German Welding Association (DVS) at the International Institute of Welding (IIW) in ‘Commission XV: Design, Analysis, and Fabrication of Welded Structures’, German representative in the International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC) technical committee ‘V.7 Structural Assessment During Operations’, representative for the German Aerospace Center for the Advanced Materials 2030 Initiative, and vice chair of working group ‘Damages of Ship Structures’ of DVS.
Dr. Andreas Gericke
Dr. Andreas Gericke is the head of the department for Thermal Joining Engineering at the Fraunhofer Institute for Large Structures in Production Engineering (IGP) in Rostock, Germany. He is a certified International Welding Engineer as well a certified Data Scientist, and leads his research group of over 20 people, including 12 engineers, in the topics of welding, brazing, and thermal spraying and manages various laboratories for material analysis, mechanical testing and welding at Fraunhofer IGP.
In addition to his research and development activities, he is also a globally operating auditor for the officially notified Testing-, Monitoring-, Certification body “MVO08” in the field of “Welded Components made from Steel” especially for towers for wind energy plants and an employee of the ISO 17025 accredited test laboratory at Fraunhofer IGP. He holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in industrial engineering and a Doctor of Engineering in the field of welding metallurgy. His main research topics focusses on the material science and integrity of thermally joined structures – especially fatigue – and on the development and automation of thermal joining process and quality assurance.
Dr. Gericke is member of various national and international technical commissions and working groups at the German Welding Association (DVS) and the International Institute of Welding focussing on welding processes, material science, design assessment and structural strength, fatigue improvement, automation and HSE.
