A novel numerical strategy for the simulation of irregular nonlinear waves and their effects on the dynamic response of offshore wind turbines

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 255, Issue , 2013, Pages 275-288

  Marino, Enzo ^a   Lugni, Claudio ^b   Borri, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ITALIAN SHIP MODEL BASIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boundary element method; Fully nonlinear water waves; Ringing; Wind turbine dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; DESIGN PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FREE SURFACES; FULLY NONLINEAR; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; IMPACT LOADS; LOCAL WAVE; NON-LINEAR HYDRODYNAMICS; NONLINEAR EFFECT; NONLINEAR WAVES; NUMERICAL PROCEDURES; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; NUMERICAL STRATEGIES; OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES; PLUNGING BREAKERS; RINGING; RUNGE-KUTTA ALGORITHMS; SEVERE WEATHER; SPACE-TIME DOMAIN; SPATIAL DISCRETIZATIONS; SUB-DOMAINS; TIME EVOLUTIONS; WATER-WAVE PROBLEM;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; LAPLACE EQUATION; SAILING VESSELS; WATER WAVES; WAVES; WIND TURBINES;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 84872398960     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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