Flexible dynamics of floating wind turbines
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2012.
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| author | Luypaert, Thomas (Thomas J.) |
| author2 | Paul D. Sclavounos. |
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| description | Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2012. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/704412019-04-10T23:23:42Z Flexible dynamics of floating wind turbines Luypaert, Thomas (Thomas J.) Paul D. Sclavounos. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Mechanical Engineering. Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2012. "February 2012." Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 84-86). This work presents Tower Flex, a structural dynamics model for a coupled analysis of offshore floating wind turbines consisting of a tower, a floating platform and a mooring system. In this multi-body, linear frequency-domain model, the tower is represented as a series of uniform Timoshenko beams connected to each other. The deflections of the tower are solved analytically in each beam while the mass, damping and stiffness coming from the rotor, the floating platform and the mooring lines are taken into account via generalized boundary conditions. Tower Flex is used for the evaluation of a 3MW offshore floating wind turbine mounted on a Tension Leg Platform (TLP). Natural frequencies, motion responses and fatigue damage are analyzed to illustrate the features of Tower Flex and assess the performance of the proposed design. by Thomas Luypaert. S.M. 2012-04-26T18:53:50Z 2012-04-26T18:53:50Z 2012 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70441 785728480 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 86 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Mechanical Engineering. Luypaert, Thomas (Thomas J.) Flexible dynamics of floating wind turbines |
| title | Flexible dynamics of floating wind turbines |
| title_full | Flexible dynamics of floating wind turbines |
| title_fullStr | Flexible dynamics of floating wind turbines |
| title_full_unstemmed | Flexible dynamics of floating wind turbines |
| title_short | Flexible dynamics of floating wind turbines |
| title_sort | flexible dynamics of floating wind turbines |
| topic | Mechanical Engineering. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70441 |
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