A systems engineering vision for floating offshore wind cost optimization

GE Barter, A Robertson, W Musial - Renewable Energy Focus, 2020 - Elsevier
The US offshore wind resource potential is vast, and often in close proximity to densely-
populated coastal load centers. In many US coastal areas, water depths favor the …

OC5 project phase II: validation of global loads of the DeepCwind floating semisubmersible wind turbine

AN Robertson, F Wendt, JM Jonkman, W Popko… - Energy Procedia, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper summarizes the findings from Phase II of the Offshore Code Comparison,
Collaboration, Continued, with Correlation project. The project is run under the International …

A novel multi-dimensional reliability approach for floating wind turbines under power production conditions

X Xu, Y **ng, O Gaidai, K Wang, KS Patel… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT) generate green renewable energy and are a vital
part of the modern offshore wind energy industry. Robust predicting extreme offshore loads …

Bivariate statistics of floating offshore wind turbine dynamic response under operational conditions

X Xu, F Wang, O Gaidai, A Naess, Y **ng, J Wang - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
FOWT (Floating offshore wind turbines) belong to the modern offshore wind energy industry
generating green renewable energy. Accurate extreme loads and response prediction …

Numerical and experimental investigation of breaking wave forces on a monopile-type offshore wind turbine

X Zeng, W Shi, C Michailides, S Zhang, X Li - Renewable energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Monopiles are the most commonly used foundation types for offshore wind turbines. This
study investigates numerically and experimentally the effects of breaking wave impact on a …

[HTML][HTML] Global sensitivity analysis of offshore wind turbine foundation fatigue loads

J Velarde, C Kramhøft, JD Sørensen - Renewable energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The design and analysis of offshore wind turbine foundations are traditionally based on
deterministic time-domain simulations of a numerical model. The wind turbine, support …

A survey of numerical simulation tools for offshore wind turbine systems

S Fadaei, FF Afagh, RG Langlois - Wind, 2024 - mdpi.com
The emerging industry of offshore wind turbines mounted on floating bases has garnered
significant attention from both academia and industry. The desire to understand the complex …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrodynamic studies of floating structures: Comparison of wave-structure interaction modelling

W Sheng, E Tapoglou, X Ma, CJ Taylor, RM Dorrell… - Ocean …, 2022 - Elsevier
Current panel methods for wave-structure interactions employ the potential flow theory,
which provide fast, reliable and relatively accurate predictions for the marine structures, and …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of bedplate flexibility on drivetrain dynamics: Case study of a 10 MW spar type floating wind turbine

S Wang, AR Nejad, EE Bachynski, T Moan - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper deals with the effect of bedplate flexibility on drivetrain dynamics of a 10 MW spar
type floating wind turbine. The 10 MW drivetrain bedplate is designed based on extreme …

Numerical investigation on dynamic responses of a semi-submersible wind turbine with different types of heave plates

H Li, J Zheng, J Zhang, W Peng, J Peng - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The heave plate plays a significant role in reducing the dynamic responses of floating wind
turbines (FWTs) because the flow separation and vortex shedding around the sharp edges …