Experimental validation for motion of a SPAR-type floating offshore wind turbine using 1/22.5 scale model

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

Volumn 4, Issue PART B, 2009, Pages 951-959

  Utsunomiya, Tomoaki ^a   Sato, Tomoki ^a   Matsukuma, Hidekazu ^a   Yago, Kiyokazu ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL MARITIME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAIN SYSTEMS; DEEP SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADINGS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; HORIZONTAL FORCES; HUB HEIGHT; IRREGULAR WAVES; MW WIND TURBINE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES; RESEARCH INSTITUTES; ROTOR DIAMETER; SCALE MODELS; SIMULATION METHODS; TURBULENT WIND; WAVE LOADINGS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CHAINS; OCEAN CURRENTS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 77953016647     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2009-79695     Document Type: Conference Paper

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