M.Sc Gerrit Olbert
Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)
Institute for Fluid Dynamics and Ship Theory (M8)
Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 4 (C)
D-21073 Hamburg
Room C5.027
Phone: +49 40 42878 6062
E-mail: gerrit.olbert(at)tuhh(dot)de
URL: http://www.tuhh.de/fds/staff/
Bio-Sketch
10/2016-present
Research Assistant at the Institute for Fluid Dynamics and Ship Theory, Hamburg University of Technology
10/2013-09/2016
M.Sc. Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Hamburg University of Technology
11/2015-05/2016
Master Thesis, Non-linear Effects in Oscillating Wave Energy Converter Arrays, Queens University Belfast, UK
10/2009-09/2013
B.Sc. Naval Architecture, Hamburg University of Technology
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Schooling in Olpe (Germany)
Major Areas of Interest & Expertise
Modular Floating Islands: Multi-Body Mechanics, Rigid and Flexible Coupling, Wave-Structure Interaction
Potential Flow Theory (panMARE): Non-linear assessment of Wave-Energy Converters, Tidal Turbines, Free Surface Modelling
Numerical Modelling of Wave Energy Converters
Publications
2024
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Hydrodynamic aspects in the design of lift-based wave energy converters
Schriftenreihe Schiffbau 732: (2024)
2023
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High-fidelity modelling of lift-based wave energy converters in a numerical wave tank
Applied Energy 347: 121460 (2023-10-01)
Verlags DOI -
Near wake hydrodynamics and structural design of a single foil cycloidal rotor in regular waves
Renewable Energy 206: 1020-1035 (2023-04-01)
Open Access | Verlags DOI
2021
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A methodology for the structural design of LiftWEC: A wave-bladed cyclorotor
European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2021)
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Comparison of rans and potential flow theory based simulations of a cyclorotor type wave energy converter in regular waves
European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2021)
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Conceptual design of a modular floating multi-purpose island
Frontiers in Marine Science 8: 615222 (2021-02-22)
Open Access | Verlags DOI
2016
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Steps towards fully nonlinear simulations of arrays of OWSC
19th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium (NuTTS 2016)