Wind Turbine Design Accelerated in Europe’s Windiest Country

With Femap from Siemens PLM Software, Composite structural engineering consulting firm PlySim achieves 500+ percent modeling improvement for wind turbine blades and expands worldwide contracts. “(Femap) is a tool that will do everything you want at a much lower price compared to its nearest functional competitors,” said Malcolm Wadia, director, PlySim.

Wind turbine design accelerated in Europe’s windiest country

The windiest country in Europe

According to RenewableUK, the trade and professional body for the United Kingdom (U.K.) wind and marine renewables industries, the U.K. is the windiest country in Europe – so much so that this free fuel could meet the power needs of the country several times over. RenewableUK notes that there are over 4,000 wind turbines currently operational in the U.K., with a total capacity of 7.391 gigawatts (gw), enough to power over 7 million homes. It is estimated that by 2016, there will be 8 gw of offshore capacity installed, with a total of 18 gw by 2020. However, there are significant engineering challenges associated with such substantial growth that companies such as PlySim, based in Edinburgh, U.K., are already successfully addressing.
Composite structural engineering specialist

PlySim Ltd. (Plysim) is a composite structural engineering consultancy, with heavy focus on finite element analysis (FEA). Its main markets are in the renewables sectors (wind, wave and tidal) as well as marine and civil engineering. Malcolm Wadia, director of PlySim, says, “We work with clients worldwide on the analysis of large complex structures in composite materials, having materials tested if necessary, developing the whole structural design prior to analysis, and providing certification reports and full-scale test specifications for each design, if required. Ultimately, we provide the 2D ply layup and production drawings.”

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