Research Groups

LMSD aims at creating added value during every phase (design, manufacturing, & operations) in the lifetime of mecha(tro)nic systems (such as on-shore, off-shore and floating wind turbines) by understanding, monitoring and controlling their dynamic (motion, vibration, & acoustics) behavior. Our research spans a broad spectrum from methodologies over theoretical foundations to various application domains.

Integration of offshore wind energy through HVDC technology. , Converter control interactions, Grid integration studies, Dynamic grid interactions with offshore wind turbines, Grid-forming control

energy systems modeling, electricity market design, renewable support instruments

Industrial policy for offshore wind (BE-WISE project), and impact of geopolitics on supply chains

Underwater sound measurements, fish tracking, marine mammal monitoring, EMF, multi-use, stakeholder engagement

Structural health monitoring, acoustic emission, non-destructive testing, composite materials

The SUMO team is involved in the giving of the environment licence for the wind farms, with respect to the aspects of the turbidity and the sea bed, such as impact of wind farms on the ecological valuable gravel beds.

Simulation, control & optimization of wind-farm atmosphere interaction

Offshore foundations installation, design and decommissioning

Wind forecasting, optimal scheduling

Material flows & circularity, environmental impact and techno-economic feasibility of end-of-life strategies

Advanced vision systems for inspection, monitoring, and autonomous operation in harsh maritime environments, Icing detection and blade damage detection using vision systems

Energy meteorology

Control of individual offshore wind turbines and wind farms, Modelling of wind turbines, both physics based and data driven, Grid integration of offshore wind

Environmental impact, LCA, ecosystems services impact, material flow analysis, end-of-life management, critical raw materials, circularity

Ecological effects of offshore wind on marine ecosystem structure (fouling fauna, birds, bats, marine mammals, introduction of sound) and function (food webs, carbon and nitrogen cycling)

Floating offshore wind turbines, dual or multi use with pv, aquaculture and alike.

Mussel and oyster systems for offshore wind (reef restoration; spat-on-substrate)

Fluid-structure interaction, among others of airborne wind energy systems and typical horizontal axis wind turbines

Reduce the cost of offshore wind energy via physics-based and data-driven modelling tools for condition monitoring and structural health monitoring

Soil mechanical characterisation of offshore soils, Offshore foundation soil-structure interaction
Scale model testing for geotechnical problems, Cable-soil interaction

Wind turbine blade inspection using UAV remote sensing and computer vision algorithms such as 3D reconstruction and image analysis

State aid (support schemes for the development of additional capacity, R&D&I,...), Economics and law

Materials selection and durability: Mechanical properties of metallic materials & corrosion

Modelling and control of floating wind turbines, Health monitoring system based on SCADA data for wind turbines

Learning in Multi-Agent Systems, Machine Learning for Data mining, Reinforcement Learning

Control, modelling and optimization of the drivetrain, generator and converter. Small and medium wind turbines

None specifically for offshore wind, but we have expertise in time series analysis (forecasting, imputation, anomaly detection, health assessment, etc) with Machine Learning techniques and Digital Twins

Atmosphere, Weather & Climate modelling, weather & extremes, climate, wakes environment, wake modelling, floating, wind loadings on turbines, icing, drone detection...

Fluid structure interaction of offshore wind structure, wind tunnel testing, towing tank, wind turbine aerodynamics

Ecological impacts, carbon and nutrient cycling, food webs

Techno-economics of offshore wind decommissioning, levelized cost of energy for future offshore wind,
valuation of ecosystem services in offshore wind farms

Ancillary services directly from offshore wind generation: wind forecast, decision under uncertainty, fatigue evaluation, trade-off between direct profit and aging of the structure, ...

System modelling and control of wind turbines, Airborne wind

Design of Power electronics systems (i.e. HVDC), Advanced control system and energy management, Digital -twin for design optimisation of power electronics interfaces and electrical machines (e.g. DFIM)

Ecological risk assessment of human activities, ecological modelling for both local and large-scale assessments of ecological impacts associated with offshore wind farms, marine ecological interactions, ...

Structural analysis and fatigue lifetime assessment of critical components of offshore wind turbines, both bottom-fixed and floating.

Legal framework for Connecting and Interconnection the Belgian Offshore Windfarms, Mulitple use of space in the North Sea and decommissioning of offshore wind farms

Economic analysis of offshore wind data, Industrial policy for the offshore wind sector

Harsh environment reliability & robustness validation testing , LCOE modelling (incl decommissioning cost models) , (Bio)-Coatings , Corrosion monitoring

Condition monitoring, Performance monitoring, Resource Assessment , Control using AI methods, Loads and lifetime