Windfloat: A floating foundation for offshore wind turbines part III: Structural analysis

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 213-220

  Aubault, Alexia ^a   Cermelli, Christian ^a   Roddier, Dominique ^a  

^a Marine Innovation and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Floating foundation for wind turbines; Ocean renewable energy; Offshore wind; Strength; Structural design

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE; OFFSHORE WIND; OFFSHORE WINDS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; STRENGTH;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; DESIGN; FLUID DYNAMICS; FOUNDATIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WIND TURBINES;

WIND POWER;

EID: 77952831293     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2009-79232     Document Type: Conference Paper

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