Offshore energy

Projects & data

Open source software

PROJECTS

Ghent University is strongly engaged in R&D projects that advance offshore energy technologies. Discover the full range of our ongoing and completed projects by following the link below.

Explore our offshore energy R&D projects

SOFTWARE

Ghent University offers a wide variety of (open source) software for offshore wind energy applications.

Blade Mesher

Meshing tools for larger wind turbine blades

CoCoNuT

Open source object-oriented Python code, short for Coupling Code for Numerical Tools 

Corrosion pit growth

Evaluation of the corrosion pit growth rate in structural steel S355 by phase-field modelling

MoorDyn (adapted)

Mooring lines are modelled according to the lumped mass approach, using an adapted version of the open source code MoorDyn

Hiep

In-house developed software (to be added)

Computational modelling of Thermo-Elastohydrodynamic lubrication

  • Full-order, high-fidelity CFD-FSI models for TEHL-calculations in bearings, gears, ....
  • Reduced-order, Reynolds-based models for TEHL-calculations in bearings, gears, ....

DATASETS

Ghent University provides valuable datasets with unique insights into real-world conditions and performance, contributing to advancing offshore energy solutions. You can find a list of datasets below.

Simulation dataset of FOWT

Open access simulation dataset on floating wind turbine DeepCWind OC4 semi-submersible in wind and waves