A fully nonlinear wave model to account for breaking wave impact loads on offshore wind turbines

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 483-490

  Marino, Enzo ^a   Borri, Claudio ^a   Peil, Udo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary element method; Breaking waves; Extreme wind waves; Impact loads; Offshore wind turbines; Unsteady free surface problem

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTATION THEORY; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SAILING VESSELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WATER WAVES;

BREAKING WAVES; EXTREME WINDS; FREE SURFACE PROBLEMS; HIGHER-ORDER BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHODS; IMPACT LOADS; NONLINEAR FREE SURFACES; STOCHASTIC ENVIRONMENT; TAYLOR SERIES EXPANSIONS;

OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES;

EID: 79955048490     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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