Research projects

Windenergieanlagen

  • Influence of corrosive media on the fatigue strength of offshore wind energy support structures
    Sub-project from the lead project: Offshore wind energy systems for hydrogen supply
    Led by: Elyas Ghafoori
    Team: Sulaiman Shojai
    Year: 2020
    Funding: AiF – Projekt gefördert durch das BMWi
    Duration: 01.12.2020 – 31.05.2023
  • Investigation of the load-bearing behaviour of offshore grout connections under water on supporting structures under dynamic loads
    Grout-WATCH
    Led by: Elyas Ghafoori
    Team: Jakob Borgelt
    Year: 2020
    Funding: BMWi
    Duration: 1. März 2020 – 31. Dezember 2023
  • Yield-controlled tightening of bolted connections M12 to M72 for steel construction
    Led by: Elyas Ghafoori
    Team: Christopher Schierl
    Year: 2020
    Funding: AiF - Project sponsored by BMWi
    Duration: 01.01.2020 - 30.06.2022
  • DFWind II (German Research Plattform for Wind Energy)
    Led by: Elyas Ghafoori
    Team: Andre Stang, Christian Fricke, Thomas Neumann, Andreas Reinecke
    Year: 2020
    Funding: BMWK
    Duration: 01.09.2020 - 31.08.2024 (extension planned)
    © https://forschungspark-windenergie.de/
  • Bolt & Beautiful - To reduce costs and increase bolting safety for future large wind turbines
    Bolt & Beautiful
    Led by: Elyas Ghafoori
    Team: Christopher Schierl
    Year: 2022
    Funding: Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and TKI Wind op Zee
    Duration: 06.09.2022 - 31.08.2026
    © GROW

Schweißverbindungen

  • Fatigue resistance of butt welds using high-strength offshore fine-grain structural steels with and without post-weld treatments for the construction of offshore wind energy converters
    Led by: Elyas Ghafoori
    Team: Christian Dänekas, Jan Kulikowski
    Year: 2021
    Funding: AiF gefördert durch das BMWi
    Duration: 01.01.2021-30.06.2023
  • SmartWeld - Innovatives Design- und Fertigungskonzept zur Steigerung der Leichtbaupotenziale im Stahlbau
    SmartWeld
    Led by: Elyas Ghafoori
    Team: Tim Brömer
    Year: 2021
    Funding: BMWi
    Duration: 01.05.2021 - 30.04.2024
    © Institut für Stahlbau

Schraubenverbindungen

  • Yield-controlled tightening of bolted connections M12 to M72 for steel construction
    Led by: Elyas Ghafoori
    Team: Christopher Schierl
    Year: 2020
    Funding: AiF - Project sponsored by BMWi
    Duration: 01.01.2020 - 30.06.2022
  • DFWind II (German Research Plattform for Wind Energy)
    Led by: Elyas Ghafoori
    Team: Andre Stang, Christian Fricke, Thomas Neumann, Andreas Reinecke
    Year: 2020
    Funding: BMWK
    Duration: 01.09.2020 - 31.08.2024 (extension planned)
    © https://forschungspark-windenergie.de/
  • Bolt & Beautiful - To reduce costs and increase bolting safety for future large wind turbines
    Bolt & Beautiful
    Led by: Elyas Ghafoori
    Team: Christopher Schierl
    Year: 2022
    Funding: Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and TKI Wind op Zee
    Duration: 06.09.2022 - 31.08.2026
    © GROW

Ermüdungsfestigkeit

  • Innovation Eco-system to Accelerate the Industrial Uptake of Advanced Surface Nano-Technologies. TOPIC: Open Innovation Test Beds for nano-enabled surfaces and membranes
    NewSkin
    Led by: Elyas Ghafoori
    Team: Kathrin Löw, Kai Betz
    Year: 2020
    Funding: EU - Horizon 2020
    Duration: 01.04.2020 - 31.03.2024