Erin Bachynski
Background and activities
Previous Education
Ph.D. Marine Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, March 2014. Thesis: Design and Dynamic Analysis of Tension Leg Platform Wind Turbines.
M.S. Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, May 2010. Thesis: Power Takeoff and Safety Considerations for a Tethered Point-Absorber Wave Energy Converter.
B.S.E. Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, May 2009. Minor: Mathematics.
Current Research
Design and analysis of offshore renewable energy devices: fixed and floating support structures for offshore wind turbines, hydroelasticity, global analysis, higher order wave loads.
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2020) Observations from hydrodynamic testing of a flexible, large-diameter monopile in irregular waves. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. vol. 1669.
- (2020) Numerical modeling of the hydraulic blade pitch actuator in a spar‐type floating wind turbine considering fault conditions and their effects on global dynamic responses. Wind Energy. vol. 23 (2).
- (2020) Design Optimization of Spar Floating Wind Turbines Considering Different Control Strategies. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. vol. 1669.
- (2020) Integrated design optimization of spar floating wind turbines. Marine Structures. vol. 72.
- (2020) Consequences of load mitigation control strategies for a floating wind turbine. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. vol. 1669.
- (2020) Non-linear hydroelastic response of a monopile foundation in regular waves. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. vol. 1669.
- (2020) Recent Advances in Integrated Response Analsysis of Floating Wind Turbines in a Reliability Perspective. Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. vol. 142 (5).
- (2020) Total experimental uncertainty in hydrodynamic testing of a semisubmersible wind turbine, considering numerical propagation of systematic uncertainty. Ocean Engineering. vol. 195.
- (2020) Frequency-Dependent Aerodynamic Damping and Inertia in Linearized Dynamic Analysis of Floating Wind Turbines. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. vol. 1452.
- (2020) Post‐installation adaptation of offshore wind turbine controls. Wind Energy. vol. 23 (4).
- (2020) Critical assessment of hydrodynamic load models for a monopile structure in finite water depth. Marine Structures. vol. 72:102743.
- (2020) A comparative study on the dynamic behaviour of 10 MW conventional and compact gearboxes for offshore wind turbines. Wind Energy.
- (2020) Effects of bedplate flexibility on drivetrain dynamics: Case study of a 10 MW spar type floating wind turbine. Renewable Energy. vol. 161.
- (2020) Wake meandering effects on floating wind turbines. Wind Energy. vol. 23 (5).
- (2019) The effects of coherent structures on the global response of floating offshore wind turbines. Wind Energy. vol. 22 (2).
- (2019) Dynamic Response of A Large-Diameter Monopile Considering 35-Hour Storm Conditions. International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE) [proceedings].
- (2019) Dynamic response of a monopile wind turbine in waves: Experimental uncertainty analysis for validation of numerical tools. Applied Ocean Research. vol. 89.
- (2019) A semi-analytical frequency domain model for efficient design evaluation of spar floating wind turbines. Marine Structures. vol. 64.
- (2019) Fatigue sensitivity to foundation modelling in different operational states for the DTU 10MW monopile-based offshore wind turbine. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. vol. 1356 (1).
- (2019) Effect of axial acceleration on drivetrain responses in a spar-type floating wind turbine. Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. vol. 141 (3).