A new simulation and optimisation platform for marine technology
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Oxford
Department Name: Mathematical Institute
Abstract
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Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Patrick Farrell (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Adler J
(2017)
Combining Deflation and Nested Iteration for Computing Multiple Solutions of Nonlinear Variational Problems
in SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing
Beskos A
(2017)
Geometric MCMC for infinite-dimensional inverse problems
in Journal of Computational Physics
Chapman S
(2017)
Analysis of Carrier's Problem
in SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics
E. Rognes M
(2017)
cbcbeat: an adjoint-enabled framework for computational cardiac electrophysiology
in The Journal of Open Source Software
Farrell P
(2019)
Deflation for semismooth equations
in Optimization Methods and Software
Farrell P
(2019)
Deflation for semismooth equations
Farrell P
(2019)
Automated Adjoints of Coupled PDE-ODE Systems
in SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing
Farrell P
(2019)
An Augmented Lagrangian Preconditioner for the 3D Stationary Incompressible Navier--Stokes Equations at High Reynolds Number
in SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing
Farrell P
(2017)
A Preconditioner for the Ohta--Kawasaki Equation
in SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications
| Description | (1) Adjoints are an effective tool for the design and optimisation of tidal turbine arrays. (2) By automating the adjoint process, this technology can be used by non-expert engineers in industry to solve pressing problems of importance to their commercial objectives. (3) The fidelity of the underlying physical model is key for quantitative vs qualitative design, and therefore adjoint technology should be used on more accurate & sophisticated models of the underlying physical processes in future work. |
| Exploitation Route | The work is already being taken forward in the form of a Platform Grant via which we will continue to work with Atlantis Resources. More generally, the discoveries funded by this grant can be put to use across all of high-tech industry, wherever simulation of complex physical processes is key to predicting the performance of engineering designs. |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Chemicals,Electronics,Energy,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Transport |
| Description | The software has been used in industry by MeyGen & Atlantis Resources Ltd to inform the design of their tidal turbine arrays. We are still actively collaborating with Atlantis (who have bought MeyGen) and have recently won another grant (an EPSRC Platform Grant worth approx. £2M) which among other things will continue this work. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2017 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Energy |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Description | EPSRC Platform Grant (PRISM renewal) |
| Amount | £1,971,628 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2018 |
| End | 05/2023 |
| Description | Industrial funding for a PhD student |
| Amount | £58,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Simula Research Laboratory |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Norway |
| Start | 10/2016 |
| End | 10/2019 |
| Description | Industrial support for a PhD student |
| Amount | £58,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | London Computational Solutions |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2016 |
| End | 10/2019 |
| Description | Industrial support for a PhD student |
| Amount | £58,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Petrotechnical Data Systems (PDS) |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Start | 10/2016 |
| End | 10/2019 |
| Title | OpenTidalFarm |
| Description | OpenTidalFarm is an open-source software for simulating and optimising tidal turbine farms. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | It has been used in industry by MeyGen, Atlantis & others. |
| URL | https://opentidalfarm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ |
| Description | 2017 SIAM Conference on Optimization |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Gave a talk at this international conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.siam.org/meetings/op17/ |
| Description | 88th GAMM Annual Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Gave a talk at this conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.gamm2017.de/ |
| Description | Firedrake '17 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Gave a talk at this workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.firedrakeproject.org/firedrake_17.html |
| Description | Numerical analysis internal seminar Oxford |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talk at internal seminar |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | OxPDE student seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | talk in internal seminar of DPhil program OxPDE at Oxford |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Schweizer Numerik Kolloquium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Gave a talk at this Swiss colloquium on numerical analysis |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://colloqnum17.dmi.unibas.ch/en/ |
| Description | VIII International Conference on Adaptive Modeling and Simulation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I gave a talk at this international conference and attracted the interest of a few participants |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://congress.cimne.com/admos2017/frontal/default.asp |
| Description | Winter School in Engelberg on PDE constrained optimization |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I attended the Winter School on PDE constrained optimization that took place in Engelberg, Switzerland and contributed to the discussion giving a 45 min talk. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://math.unibas.ch/research/computational-mathematics/winter-school-on-optimal-control-2017/ |
| Description | Workshop on Numerical Methods for Optimal Control and Inverse Problems |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Gave a talk at this conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.events.tum.de/frontend/index.php?sub=66 |
| Description | visit to Johan Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talk in internal RICAM Group Seminar, roughly 10 people attended, boosted discussion for further research work |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.ricam.oeaw.ac.at/news-events/events/details/?id=86 |