Mooring control of semi-submersible structures for wind turbines

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 132-141

  Benassai, G ^a   Campanile, A ^b   Piscopo, V ^a   Scamardella, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catenary lines; Floating body motion; Floating offshore wind turbines; Mooring systems; Vertical tensioned lines

Indexed keywords

DRAG; OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES; OVERHEAD LINES; WIND TURBINES;

CATENARY LINES; FLOATING BODIES; FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES; MOORING SYSTEM; VERTICAL TENSIONED LINES;

MOORING;

EID: 84899680950     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2014.02.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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