Modeling the TetraSpar Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Foundation as a Flexible Structure in OrcaFlex and OpenFAST

Floating offshore wind turbine technology has seen an increasing and continuous development in recent years. When designing the floating platforms, both experimental and numerical tools are applied, with the latter often using time-domain solvers based on hydro-load estimation from a Morison approac...

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Main Authors: Jonas Bjerg Thomsen, Roger Bergua, Jason Jonkman, Amy Robertson, Nicole Mendoza, Cameron Brown, Christos Galinos, Henrik Stiesdal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-11-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/23/7866