Christian Schulz, M.Sc.

Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)
Institute for Fluid Dynamics and Ship Theory (M8)
Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 4 (C)
21073 Hamburg

Room: C5.019
Phone: +49 40 30601 4792
E-mail: christian.schulz(at)tuhh.de

Researchgate: Christian W. Schulz

ORCID: 0000-0002-1565-6710

 

Christian has been working in the field of Wind Energy since 2016 and has participated in numerous floating offshore wind projects. His main expertise lies in the experimental and numerical fluid dynamics of floating offshore wind turbines.

Major Areas of Interest & Expertise

Wind Turbine Aerodynamics

  • Analysis using the inhouse Panel method panMARE and OpenFAST
  • Simulation of unsteady flows
  • Wind tunnel studies on loads and wakes of wind turbine rotors
     

Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWT)

  • Analysing the unsteady aerodynamics of FOWT
  • Wave tank testing (full physical testing)
  • Design and analysis of passive yaw alignment of single-point-moored (SPM) FOWT
  • Integrated simulation of aerodynamics, hydrodynamics and platform motion with panMARE-based FlOWTuS
  • Floater design studies
  • Validation of numeircal methods with field data

Publications

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