Research on floating wind turbines: A literature survey

IES Journal Part A: Civil and Structural Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 267-277

  Wang, C M ^a   Utsunomiya, T ^b   Wee, S C ^a   Choo, Y S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Floating wind turbine; Literature review; Pontoon; Semi submersible; Spar; TLP

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC COMMUNITY; FLOATING PLATFORMS; FLOATING WIND TURBINE; LITERATURE REVIEWS; LITERATURE SURVEY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH INSTITUTES; SPAR; TLP; WIND TURBINE TECHNOLOGY; WORKING PRINCIPLES;

BUOYS; PONTOONS; SEMISUBMERSIBLES; SPAR PLATFORMS; SUBMERSIBLES; SURVEYS; WIND TURBINES;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

EID: 79960955445     PISSN: 19373260     EISSN: 19373279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19373260.2010.517395     Document Type: Review

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