Seminario Ing. Pietro D'Antuono
SMARTLIFE: Digital Twins for Offshore Wind Turbines
Ing. Pietro D'Antuono, 24SEA (Brussels, Belgium)
Abstract: The SMARTLIFE Progress Report (27 January 2025) presents advances in developing digital twin technologies to optimize the operation, maintenance, structural reliability, and service life of offshore wind turbines in the Belgian North Sea. The project, led by 24SEA and VUB, combines physics-based modeling, artificial intelligence, structural health monitoring, and environmental data analysis. Key achievements include improved data management platforms, automated operational classification, enhanced structural models, machine-learning-based damage detection, and fatigue-life prediction. The ultimate objective is to develop an integrated decision-support tool for predictive maintenance, remaining useful life assessment, and lifetime extension of offshore wind farms.
Pietro D'Antuono is a Data and AI Software Engineer with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Politecnico di Bari and an MSc in Aeronautical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano. He currently serves as Head of Development and AI at 24SEA and Academic Advisor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). His expertise spans artificial intelligence, machine learning, structural health monitoring, fatigue-life prediction, and data-driven engineering, with applications in the aerospace and offshore wind energy sectors. He previously worked at Leonardo Helicopters and Sopra Steria Next, combining industrial experience with applied scientific research.