Model test comparisons of TLP, spar-buoy and semi-submersible floating offshore wind turbine systems

Transactions - Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 576-584

  Kimball, Richard W ^a   Goupee, Andrew J ^b   Coulling, Alexander J ^b   Dahger, Habib J ^b  

^a MAINE MARITIME ACADEMY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Floating Wind Turbine; Offshore Wind Turbine; Scale Model Testing

Indexed keywords

FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES; FLOATING WIND TURBINES; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; RESPONSE AMPLITUDE OPERATOR; SCALE MODELING; TESTING METHODOLOGY; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; WAVE DIFFRACTIONS;

MARINE ENGINEERING; OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEMISUBMERSIBLES;

SPAR PLATFORMS;

EID: 84884665975     PISSN: 00811661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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