Abstract:Floating wind turbine platforms are the most economical means for deploying offshore wind turbines in deep waters. The merit of spar platform is the large range of topside payloads, favourable motions compared with other floating structures and minimum hull/deck interface. The main objective of this paper is to present the response analysis of the spar platform supporting a 5MW wind turbine, with taut mooring and with bottom keel plate in regular and random waves, studied experimentally and numerically. This p… Show more
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