Latest RealTide News

News Articles and Press Releases from the RealTide Research Project.

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

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.
RealTide Deliverable D1.4 - Methodology for the fatigue assessment of composite material blades

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
RealTide Deliverable D1.2 - RAM Assessment Report

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.
RealTide General Assembly Meeting: September 2020

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.
StarBlades Training Day

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.

RealTide: Advanced monitoring, simulation and control of tidal devices in unsteady, highly turbulent realistic tide environments