Validation of a FAST semi-submersible floating wind turbine numerical model with DeepCwind test data

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Coulling, Alexander J ^a   Goupee, Andrew J ^a   Robertson, Amy N ^b   Jonkman, Jason M ^b   Dagher, Habib J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; FLOATING PLATFORMS; FLOATING WIND TURBINES; HYDRODYNAMIC LOADS; MARITIME RESEARCH INSTITUTE NETHERLANDS; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; UNIVERSITY OF MAINE;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; SEMISUBMERSIBLES; SOFTWARE TESTING; TOOLS; WIND POWER;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 84877274536     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4796197     Document Type: Conference Paper

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