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Modelling of Floating Offshore Wind Technologies

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Floating Offshore Wind Energy

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Abstract

The modelling of FOWT forms a critical stage of the design process, as it allows a fully coupled dynamic assessment of the response of the concept while accounting for blade-rotor dynamics, support structure motions and mooring dynamics. For both new and for existing concepts, modelling offers the potential to test, in controlled environments, a series of assumptions and scenarios at a relatively minor cost. Two fundamental modelling approaches can be followed: numerical and experimental.

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Notes

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    Note that \( \sinh^{ - 1} (x) = \ln \left( {x + \sqrt {1 + x^{2} } } \right) \), and Eq. (54) can have a different appearance in various text books, although the equations are equivalent.

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    Denis Matha

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    Marco Masciola

  4. Marine Technology Centre, MARINTEK, NO-7491, Trondheim, Norway

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Matha, D. et al. (2016). Modelling of Floating Offshore Wind Technologies. In: Cruz, J., Atcheson, M. (eds) Floating Offshore Wind Energy. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29398-1_4

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