Influence of Wind Turbine Aero-Elastic Load on Dynamic Response of Floating Platform

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A numerical code, known as COUPLE, which has been developed to perform hydrodynamic analysis of floating body with a mooring system, is extended to collaborate with FAST to evaluate the interactions between wind turbine and its floating base. FAST is developed by National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) for aeroelastic simulation of wind turbines. A dynamic response analysis of a spar type floating wind turbine system is carried out by the method. Two types of simulation of wind load are used in the analysis. One type is a constant steady force and the other is a six-component dynamic load from a turbulent wind model. Numerical results of related platform motions under random sea conditions are presented in time and frequency domain. Comparison of results is performed to explain the difference of two analyses. The conclusions derived in this study may provide reference for the design of offshore floating wind turbines.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 608-609)

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649-652

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December 2012

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