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RealTide Deliverables: D3.2 Report on blade resolved CFD modelling of the Sabella D1X turbine

Submitted by v1brosen on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 17:18

This report will firstly describe the CFD model of a tidal turbine, including the modelling of the wave-current flow, and the methodology of inclusion of the tide-to-wire model developed in Task 3.1.
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RealTide Deliverable D1.4 - Methodology for the fatigue assessment of composite material blades

Submitted by bsellar on Mon, 11/30/2020 - 12:29

The RealTide deliverable D1.4 - Methodology for the fatigue assessment of composite material blades provides the industry with a methodology for the evaluation of fatigue life of tidal turbine blades and loading test for composite materials in sea water that can be integrated in existing guidelin
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RealTide Deliverable D1.2 - RAM Assessment Report

Submitted by bsellar on Mon, 11/30/2020 - 12:55

The RealTide Deliverable D1.2 - RAM Assessment Report provides a description of the results of a reliability, availability and maintainability (RAM) assessment conducted on a generic tidal turbine. Critical systems and components will be identified.
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RealTide General Assembly Meeting: September 2020

Submitted by bsellar on Thu, 09/17/2020 - 09:07

The RealTide project team led by Bureau Veritas held a successful and informative General Assembly meeting across two days (10th-11th September) via Video Conferencing.
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StarBlades Training Day

Submitted by s1678200 on Fri, 10/11/2019 - 08:41

As part of RealTide's Work Package 3, Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore has developed a new python tool for preliminary analysis of tidal turbine blades. Christened STARBLADES, this is a Blade Element Momentum Theory (BEMT) tool for realistic, dynamic flows.
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