On the modelling of a floating offshore wind turbine

Wind Energy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-86

  Henderson, Andrew R ^a   Patel, Minoo H ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Floating; Modelling; Offshore; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRIC LOADS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; OPTIMIZATION; ROTORS; SUPPORTS; WIND;

FLOATING STRUCTURES; MODELING; OFFSHORES; WIND FARMS;

WIND TURBINES;

FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLOATING STRUCTURE; MODELING; OFFSHORE ACTIVITY; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 3142733095     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.83     Document Type: Article

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