CCP-WSI+ Collaborative Computational Project on Wave Structure Interaction +

Completed

Renewable Energy Sources(Ocean Energy)
Renewable Energy Sources(Wind Energy)

Basic and strategic applied research

PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Computer Science and Informatics)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)

Not Cross-cutting
Other (Energy technology information dissemination)

Prof D Greaves
School of Marine Science and Engineering
University of Plymouth

Standard

EPSRC

01 October 2020

30 September 2025

60 months

£312,512

Civil eng. & built environment

South West

NC : Infrastructure

Prof D Greaves, School of Marine Science and Engineering, University of Plymouth

Professor DM Causon, Computing and Mathematics, Manchester Metropolitan University
Dr X Guo, The Hartree Centre, STFC (Science & Technology Facilities Council)
Dr SM Longshaw, Scientific Computing Department, STFC (Science & Technology Facilities Council)
Professor Q Ma, Sch of Engineering and Mathematical Sci, City University
Dr L Margetts, Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester
Mr C Mingham, Computing and Mathematics, Manchester Metropolitan University
Dr G Poulter, Scientific Computing Department, STFC (Science & Technology Facilities Council)
Dr L Qian, Computing and Mathematics, Manchester Metropolitan University
Dr M Rouainia, Sch of Engineering, Newcastle University
Dr G Tabor, Engineering Computer Science and Maths, University of Exeter
Dr S Yan, Sch of Engineering and Mathematical Sci, City University
Dr J Zang, Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Bath

Project Contact, Cardiff University
Project Contact, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium
Project Contact, University of Hong Kong (HKU), China
Project Contact, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
Project Contact, University of Vigo
Project Contact, DNV GL (UK)
Project Contact, Hamburg University of Technology
Project Contact, Wave Venture Ltd
Project Contact, Ramboll Group A/S, Denmark
Project Contact, Cranfield University
Project Contact, Swansea University
Project Contact, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), USA
Project Contact, University of Surrey
Project Contact, University of Western Australia
Project Contact, Dalian University of Technology, China
Project Contact, University College Dublin, Ireland
Project Contact, National University of Ireland Maynooth
Project Contact, Budapest University of Technology
Project Contact, General Lighthouse Authorities
Project Contact, Southern University of Chile
Project Contact, University of Cantabria
Project Contact, MeyGen Ltd
Project Contact, Carnegie Wave Energy Ltd (UK)
Project Contact, Brunel University
Project Contact, ESI UK Ltd
Project Contact, UK Association for Computational Mechani
Project Contact, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Project Contact, Ensenada Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education (CICESE), Mexico
Project Contact, Itasca Consultants International
Project Contact, Sichuan University, China
Project Contact, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain
Project Contact, Airbus UK Ltd
Project Contact, JBA Consulting
Project Contact, NAFEMS Ltd
Project Contact, The University of Manchester
Project Contact, Aalborg University
Project Contact, University College London
Project Contact, Havant and South Downs College
Project Contact, Hywel Dda University Health Board
Project Contact, Argyll College
Project Contact, Bury College
Project Contact, National Museums Liverpool
Project Contact, University of Oxford
Project Contact, National Museum Wales
Project Contact, Sandwell College
Project Contact, Sheffield College
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Project Contact, Kyoto University (Kyodai), Japan
Project Contact, University of Bristol
Project Contact, Lloyd's Register EMEA
Project Contact, University of Cambridge

The proposed new CCP-WSI+ builds on the impact generated by the Collaborative Computational Project in Wave Structure Interaction (CCP-WSI) and extends it to connect together previously separate communities in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and computational structural mechanics (CSM). The new CCP-WSI+ collaboration builds on the NWT, will accelerate the development of Fully Coupled Wave Structure Interaction (FCWSI) modelling suitable for dealing with the latest challenges in offshore and coastal engineering.Since being established in 2015, CCP-WSI has provided strategic leadership for the WSI community, and has been successful in generating impact in: Strategy setting, Contributions to knowledge, and Strategic software development and support. The existing CCP-WSI network has identified priorities for WSI code development through industry focus group workshops; it has advanced understanding of the applicability and reliability of WSI through an internationally recognised Blind Test series; and supported collaborative code development.Acceleration of the offshore renewable energy sector and protection of coastal communities are strategic priorities for the UK and involve complex WSI challenges. Designers need computational tools that can deal with complex environmental load conditions and complex structures with confidence in their reliability and appropriate use. Computational tools are essential for design and assessment within these priority areas and there is a need for continued support of their development, appropriate utilisation and implementation to take advantage of recent advances in HPC architecture.Both the CFD and CSM communities have similar challenges in needing computationally efficient code development suitable for simulations of design cases of greater and greater complexity and scale. Many different codes are available commercially and are developed in academia, but there remains considerable uncertainty in the reliability of their use in different applications and of independent qualitative measures of the quality of a simulation.One of the novelties of this CCP is that in addition to considering the interface between fluids and structures from a computational perspective, we propose to bring together the two UK expert communities who are leading developments in those respective fields. The motivation is to develop FCWSI software, which couples the best in class CFD tools with the most recent innovations in computational solid mechanics. Due to the complexity of both fields, this would not be achievable without interdisciplinary collaboration and co-design of FCWSI software.The CCP-WSI+ will bring the CFD and CSM communities together through a series of networking events and industry workshops designed to share good practice and exchange advances across disciplines and to develop the roadmap for the next generation of FCWSI tools. Training and workshops will support the co-creation of code coupling methodologies and libraries to support the range of CFD codes used in an open source environment for community use and to aid parallel implementation. The CCP-WSI+ will carry out a software audit on WSI codes and the data repository and website will be extended and enhanced with database visualisation and archiving to allow for contributions from the expanded community. Code developments will be supported through provision and management of the code repository, user support and training in software engineering and best practice for coupling and parallelisation. By bringing together two communities of researchers who are independently investigating new computational methods for fluids and structures, we believe we will be able to co-design the next generation of FCWSI tools with realism both in the flow physics and the structural response, and in this way, will unlock new complex applications in ocean and coastal engineerin

23/08/21