Incorporating irregular nonlinear waves in coupled simulation and reliability studies of offshore wind turbines

Applied Ocean Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 215-227

  Agarwal, Puneet ^a   Manuel, Lance ^b  

^a STRESS ENGINEERING SERVICES   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence criteria; Coupled simulation; Inverse FORM; Long term loads; Nonlinear irregular waves; Offshore wind turbines; Statistical extrapolation

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE CRITERION; COUPLED SIMULATION; INVERSE FORM; LONG-TERM LOADS; NONLINEAR IRREGULAR WAVES; OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES; STATISTICAL EXTRAPOLATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; EXTRAPOLATION; FORECASTING; TANKERS (SHIPS); TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

DESIGN; HYDROELASTICITY; LOADING; NONLINEAR WAVE; OCEAN WAVE; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER DEPTH; WAVE HEIGHT; WIND FARM; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 79957884647     PISSN: 01411187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apor.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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