Comparison of Experimental Results and Computations for Tension-Leg-Buoy Offshore Wind Turbines
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: This work compares wave tank experimental results in scale 1:40 and hydro-elastic computations of three different Tension-Leg-Buoy (TLB) offshore wind turbine platforms.The results include comparisons of time-series of displacements for free-decay tests, time-series of tower top motion and mooring line tension for selected regular wave cases, Power Spectral Densities (PSD) for one irregular wave case, and Response Amplitude Operators (RAO) for tower top motion and mooring line tension for all the regular and the irregular wave cases.The experimental results and computations agree well, and both capture interactions between hydrodynamic loading, flexible motion of the floater/tower, and the tower top motions.The time series of the experimental results will be publicly available for further development and validation of computational tools for offshore wind turbine platforms.
Authors: Anders Myhr, Tor Anders Nygaard
Language: English
Topic: Wave and Wind Energy Systems
Subfield: Ocean Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2188254282