Structural integrity and structural health monitoring

Bureau Veritas is a long-standing partner to the marine and offshore industries. Our Research and Development (R&D) on structural integrity and structural health monitoring supports the development of safe and durable marine, offshore and renewable energy assets alike.

For ships, we help investigate and identify more effective and efficient monitoring solutions that employ remote techniques, and make operational recommendations for cargo loading.
For offshore, the structural health monitoring and potential life extension of offshore assets is an industry hot topic. These needs are addressed by projects studying and developing sensor technologies and monitoring methodologies.

Marine renewable energies (MRE) – particularly floating offshore wind – are seeking to mature and scale-up to meet clean energy needs. We’re partnering across the industry to help ensure that these structures are stable and reliable in their operating environment.

Our Projects

	HYST #JIP #Offshore #Marine HYST is a Joint Industry Project (JIP) with partners including the University of Delft, Huisman, POSCO Lloyd’s Register and DAMEN. This project aims to enable the widespread adaptation of structural steels with a high ratio of yield strength to ultimate tensile strength (Y/T ratio), and the development of supporting Rules. Read more
	DYONISOS #UserGroups #MRE DYONISOS is a France Energies Marines project to create a digital intelligent operational network for a floating wind turbine using hybrid sensors and simulations. The aim is to develop and test a fatigue monitoring system for both the floater and its mooring lines. Read more
	OWA ASSISI #JIP #MRE OWA ASSISI is a JIP bringing together contributors including OCAS, EDF RE, TotalEnergies, Shell and TU Hamburg. Contributors will investigate the characterization of root fatigue performances in in single-sided welds for offshore wind tubular structures. Read more
	TOPTIER #JIP #Marine Lead by MARIN, TopTier gathers a wide consortium of stakeholders and aims to identify and recommend improvements for the transportation, stowing and securing of containers, while providing technical understanding for safe future designs. Read more
	WIND AVATAR #JIP #MRE Partnering with IPFEN and Total Energies, the Wind Avatar JIP will see Bureau Veritas provide an independent review of the methodology used to monitor a floating offshore wind turbine’s structure and mooring lines.
	MONITAS PHASE III #UserGroups #Offshore MARIN’s Monitas Group aims to develop the added value of advisory monitoring systems for integrity management in FPSOs. These include the prevention of unexpected failures, fatigue monitoring, improved design, inspection, maintenance and repair, as well as operational advice. Read more
	OWA FAWS #JIP #MRE OWA FaWS is a JIP that unites several energy industry majors to investigate fatigue tests on the thick plates used in offshore wind turbines’ monopile foundations. Bureau Veritas offers its technical opinion as part of an Independent Technical Review Panel (ITRP). Read more
	OWA JaCo #JIP #MRE OWA JaCo is a JIP led by Carbon Trust involving major offshore wind developers. Its main objective is to study the fatigue performance of large tubular joints fabricated using automated welding procedures. Read more
	OWA VERBATIM #JIP #MRE OWA Verbatim is a JIP led by the Carbon Trust to study the interaction between soil and foundation piles in fixed offshore wind turbines. Bureau Veritas will offer its technical opinion as a third party.
	BUGWRIGHT2 #EUProject #Marine BugWright2 is an EU-backed project to facilitate the inspection and maintenance of ship hulls using muti-robot visual and acoustic techniques. Read more
	FREADY #JIP #Marine Launched by MARIN, the FReady JIP aims to optimize fleet deployment and structural integrity management through efficient and cost-effective virtual and physical monitoring solutions. Read more
	CONVIRT #UserGroups #Marine Convirt is a two-year co-operative research ship (CRS) project to harness machine learning and virtual hull monitoring to improve the efficiency of ships’ health monitoring.   Read more
	GRADE2XL #EUProject #Marine The Grade2XL project aims to demonstrate the potential of multi-material wire+arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) for large-scale structures. It will deliver multi-material products of superior quality and performance, cut lead times by up to 94% and enable cost savings for the maritime, energy and industrial machinery sectors. Read more
	PT PH50 #UserGroups #Marine PT PH50 is a project led in partnership with IACS members to conduct an assessment of new wave loads and new corrosion margins.
	HITS 9 #JIP #Marine The Hits initiative aims to improve the integrity management of a range of floating offshore assets. As part of this, the Hits 9 JIP is looking at developing guidelines for the underwater inspection of FPSO hulls. Read more

Our Software

HOMER #Software #Marine HOMER is our industry-leading in-house software for the assessment of fluid-structure interactions. HOMER can be used to perform strength and spectral fatigue assessment, and can model complex hydro-elastic structural responses such as springing and whipping. Read more