Fibre-based material solutions for the structure and functional components of large offshore wind energy and tidal power platforms
01 January 2021 Project SheetINEGI's Contribution
Results/Impact
- Evaluation and selection of FRP (fiber-reinforced polymer) materials
- Evaluation, selection, implementation and optimization of composite manufacturing processes, both by simulation and at laboratory level
- Manufacturing of FRP prototypes at material specimen level and medium-scale level.
- Evaluation and development of advanced joining techniques for FRP materials
- Enable the extensive use of FRP (fiber-reinforced polymer) materials in next generation structures of large offshore wind and tidal energy platforms, in order to overcome the biggest problems characteristic of this type of structures, namely problems associated with corrosion and fatigue
- Development of an exploration strategy based on the reliability and market value of the solutions developed